Uniform boundedness conjecture for the density of states at regular energies

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Let ρ\rho be a probability density with moments of all orders, meaning that

∫∣ω∣qρ(ω) dω<∞\int |\omega|^q\rho(\omega)\,\mathrm d\omega<\infty

for every q≥1q\geq 1. Let Eo∈RE_o\in\mathbb R. Suppose there is a δ>0\delta>0 such that, on

{q:∣ε(q)−Eo∣<δ},\{\mathbf q:|\varepsilon(\mathbf q)-E_o|<\delta\},

the symbol ε\varepsilon is C1C^1 and satisfies ∇ε(q)≠0\nabla\varepsilon(\mathbf q)\neq 0. Uniform boundedness conjecture. There is a constant Cδ<∞C_\delta<\infty such that

dNλ(E)dE≤Cδ\frac{\mathrm dN_\lambda(E)}{\mathrm dE}\leq C_\delta

for every λ∈R\lambda\in\mathbb R and every E∈[Eo−12δ,Eo+12δ]E\in[E_o-\tfrac12\delta,E_o+\tfrac12\delta]. This would strengthen the available regularity results by asserting a disorder-uniform bound on the density of states near any energy where the unperturbed dispersion relation has no critical points; the supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Jeffrey H Schenker, “Hölder equicontinuity of the integrated density of states at weak disorder”, arXiv:math-ph/0403063 (2004).

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