Spectral stability for compact perturbations of Toeplitz matrices

Abstract

Let $f$ be a regular real-valued non-constant symbol defined on the one dimensional torus ${\mathbb T}$. Denote respectively by $\kappa$ and $T$, its set of critical points and the associated Toeplitz matrix on $l^2({\mathbb N})$. If $V$ is a suitable compact perturbation, we prove that the operator $T+V$ has no singular continuous spectrum and only finite point spectrum away from the set of thresholds $f(\kappa)$. We also obtain some propagation estimates and apply these results to concrete examples.