# Fractal properties of the Hofstadter's butterfly and singular continuous spectrum of the critical almost Mathieu operator

S. Jitomirskaya

UCI

## Time:

Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 2:00pm

## Location:

RH 340

Abstract: Harper's operator - the 2D discrete magnetic Laplacian - is the model behind the Hofstadter's butterfly. It reduces to the critical almost Mathieu family, indexed by phase. We discuss the proof of sungular continuous spectrum for this family for all phases, finishing a program with a long history. We also discuss a recent proof (with I. Krasovsky) of the Thouless' conjecture from the early 80s: that Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum of Harper's operator  is bounded by 1/2 for all irrational fluxes.

# Localization and unique continuation on the integer lattice, II

C. Smart

U Chicago

## Time:

Monday, June 3, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

This will be a series of technical lectures on my recent work with Jian Ding.  After a brief review of the mathematics of Anderson localization, I will explain our unique continuation result.  To motivate our proof, I will describe the unique continuation result of Buhovski--Logunov--Malinnikova--Sodin for harmonic functions on the integer lattice.   I will then explain how to modify this argument, introducing tools from probability theory, to obtain a unique continuation result for Schrodinger operators on the lattice with random potentials.

# Localization and unique continuation on the integer lattice, I

C. Smart

U Chicago

## Time:

Monday, June 3, 2019 - 9:00am to 10:00am

Abstract: This will be a series of technical lectures on my recent work with Jian Ding.  After a brief review of the mathematics of Anderson localization, I will explain our unique continuation result.  To motivate our proof, I will describe the unique continuation result of Buhovski--Logunov--Malinnikova--Sodin for harmonic functions on the integer lattice.   I will then explain how to modify this argument, introducing tools from probability theory, to obtain a unique continuation result for Schrodinger operators on the lattice with random potentials.

# Smooth infinite energy solutions to nonlinear Schrodinger equations

Weimin Wang

CNRS

## Time:

Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 2:00pm to 2:50pm

## Location:

RH440R

We discuss smooth infinite energy solutions to nonlinear
Schrodinger equations on $R^d$. These solutions are periodic in time,
and quasi-periodic in space. This is unlike Moser's solutions, which
are space-time periodic. When d=1, we are moreover able to
construct 2-gap type solutions, i.e., space-time quasi-periodic
solutions with two frequencies each. We use the semi-algebraic geometry
technique introduced by Bourgain.

# WEAK ASYMPTOTICS OF MULTIPLE ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS, II

A. I. APTEKAREV

## Institution:

Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, MOSCOW

## Time:

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 2:00pm

RH 440R

# WEAK ASYMPTOTICS OF MULTIPLE ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS

A. I. APTEKAREV

## Institution:

Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, MOSCOW

## Time:

Monday, March 4, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

RH 440R

# EQUATIONS OF HIGHER ORDER

BEN GURION

## Time:

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

RH 440R

# Perturbative and non-perturbative results for quasiperiodic operators with unbounded monotone potentials.

ILYA KACHKOVSKIY

Michigan State

## Time:

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 2:00pm to Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 3:00pm

## Location:

RH 440R

Abstract: The class of quasiperiodic operators with unbounded monotone potentials is a natural generalization of the Maryland model. In one dimension, we show that Anderson localization holds at all couplings for a large class of Lipschitz monotone sampling functions. The method is partially based on earlier results joint with S. Jitomirskaya on the bounded monotone case. We also establish that the spectrum is the whole real line. In higher dimensions, we tentatively establish perturbative Anderson localization by showing directly that eigenvalue and eigenfunction perturbation series are convergent. Compared to the previously known KAM localization proof by Bellissard, Lima, and Scoppola, our approach gives explicit diagram-like series for eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, and allows a larger class of potentials. The higher-dimensional results are joint with L. Parnovski and R. Shterenberg.

# Diffusion in the Mean for a Periodic Schrödinger Equation Perturbed by a Fluctuating Potential.

Shiwen Zhang

Michigan State

## Time:

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

## Location:

RH 440R

Abstract:

We consider the solution to a tight-binding, periodic Schrödinger equation with a random potential evolving stochastically in time. If the potential evolves according to a stationary Markov process, we obtain a positive, finite diffusion constant for the evolution of the solution. More generally, we show that the square amplitude of the wave packet, after diffusive rescaling, converges to a solution of the heat equation. This a joint work with Jeffrey Schenker and  Zak Tilocco.