Aperiodic order: spectral theory, combinatorics, and dynamics

非周期序：谱理论、组合学和动力学

• 批准号: 0010101
• 负责人: David Damanik
• 金额: $ 4.09万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-08-15 至 2001-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0010101&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Aperiodic; order; spectral; theory; combinatorics

The central object of study are Schrodinger operators with potentialsdisplaying aperiodic order. In one dimension there have been recentadvances in the understanding of their spectral and quantum dynamicalproperties, particularly in the case of the Fibonacci potential andrelated models, so-called Sturmian potentials, which are the standardmodels of one-dimensional quasicrystals. It is the goal of the proposedresearch to extend the theory to larger classes of potentials in onedimension and to tackle the higher dimensional case. A crucial tool in onedimension is the trace map, an energy-indexed dynamical system which canbe used to characterize and study the spectrum of the operators. Alongwith combinatorial partition results and Gordon-type criteria one canobtain good bounds on generalized eigenfunctions from which one can deducespectral and quantum dynamical consequences. It appears feasible that thisapproach is applicable to potentials beyond the class of Sturmianpotentials -- sufficiently low complexity should suffice to inducepartitions and trace maps. In higher dimensions the main goal is to findan analog of Gordon's criterion which can serve as a link betweencombinatorics and spectral theory.The mathematics of aperiodic order is a young emerging field that hassparked a lot of research activity since the mid-nineties. Researchersfrom disciplines as diverse as spectral theory, group theory, dynamicalsystems, combinatorics, and algebraic topology have found a commonground that was motivated by the discovery of quasicrystals in 1984and the subsequent reconsideration of the nature of order and orderedstructures. By now, quite a number of structural models for quasicrystalshave been proposed. Joint efforts are being undertaken to investigatetheir properties and shed light on why quasicrystals exist, how they form,why they are stable. Regarding their electronic transport properties, itis expected that quasicrystals may exhibit anomalous behavior. It istherefore planned to study transport properties of Sturmian and relatedmodels from this perspective.

研究的中心对象是具有非周期位势的薛定谔算子。在一个维度上，最近在理解它们的光谱和量子动力学性质方面取得了进展，特别是在斐波那契势和相关模型的情况下，所谓的Sturmian势，这是一维准晶的标准模型。本研究的目的是将这一理论推广到一维势的更大类，并解决高维的情况。一维中的一个重要工具是迹映射，它是一种能量指标动力系统，可以用来刻画和研究算子的谱。结合组合配分结果和Gordon-型判据，可以得到广义本征函数的良好界，由此可以推导出谱和量子动力学结果。这种方法似乎适用于Sturmian势以外的势--足够低的复杂性应该足以归纳划分和迹映射。在更高的维度上，主要目标是找到一个类似的Gordon判据，它可以作为组合学和谱理论之间的纽带。非周期序数学是一个年轻的新兴领域，自90年代中期以来一直是一个年轻的研究领域。来自谱论、群论、动力学系统、组合学和代数拓扑学等不同学科的研究人员发现了一个共同点，这一共同点是由1984年准晶的发现和随后对有序和有序结构的性质的重新考虑所推动的。到目前为止，已经提出了相当多的准晶结构模型。正在共同努力调查它们的性质，并阐明为什么存在准晶，它们是如何形成的，为什么它们是稳定的。关于准晶的电子输运性质，预计准晶可能表现出反常行为。因此，计划从这一角度研究Sturmian及相关模型的输运性质。