Simon's phase-insensitivity conjecture for singular spectra

Let Hα,θH_{\alpha,\theta} be the quasi-periodic Schrödinger operator in the paper, with phase θTν\theta\in\mathbb{T}^{\nu}, and write

σsing(Hα,θ)=σsc(Hα,θ)σpp(Hα,θ).\sigma_{sing}(H_{\alpha,\theta})=\sigma_{sc}(H_{\alpha,\theta})\cup\sigma_{pp}(H_{\alpha,\theta}).

Simon's conjecture. For all d,vNd,v\in\mathbb{N} and all θTν\theta\in\mathbb{T}^{\nu}, σsing(Hα,θ)\sigma_{sing}(H_{\alpha,\theta}) is constant in θ\theta.

The absolutely continuous spectrum is known to be phase-insensitive in the stated setting, whereas the singular continuous and pure point components can vary with the phase; the conjecture asserts that their union nevertheless does not. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

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S. Jitomirskaya and C. A. Marx, “Dynamics and spectral theory of quasi-periodic Schrödinger-type operators”, arXiv:1503.05740 (2016).

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