Genericity of periodic Hamiltonians

Fix a finite spectral interval Λ=(a,b)\Lambda=(a,b). A periodic Hamiltonian HH is called generic on Λ\Lambda if, for every band edge λ0\lambda_0 occurring inside Λ\Lambda, the band functions attain λ0\lambda_0 at finitely many points of the Brillouin zone BB, and near each such point either there is a unique band function with value λ0\lambda_0 at the point and a non-degenerate extremum there, or exactly two band functions λ\lambda_- and λ+\lambda_+ meet there, satisfy λ(k)<λ+(k)\lambda_-(k)<\lambda_+(k) away from the meeting point, and the function

D(k)=(λ+(k)λ0)(λ(k)λ0)D(k)=(\lambda_+(k)-\lambda_0)(\lambda_-(k)-\lambda_0)

has a non-degenerate maximum at the meeting point. Here non-degenerate means that the Hessian is non-degenerate. Genericity conjecture. Generic periodic Hamiltonians form a set of second Baire category in a suitable class of periodic operators. The conjecture concerns the prevalence of the stated local generic band-edge behavior among periodic operators; the source gives no resolution or precise choice of the suitable class.

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J. M. Harrison, P. Kuchment, A. Sobolev and B. Winn, “On occurrence of spectral edges for periodic operators inside the Brillouin zone”, arXiv:math-ph/0702035 (2007).

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