Abstract:
For the almost Mathieu operator with a small coupling constant λ, for a series of spectral gaps, we describe the asymptotic locations of the gaps and get lower bounds for their lengths. The number of the gaps we consider can be of the order of ln1/λ, and the length of the kth gap is roughly of the order of λk.
Keywords:
almost Mathieu operator, small coupling constant, asymptotics, spectral gap, monodromization method.