Random operators, spectral measures, and local empirical convergence in sofic groups
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| author | Donoso-Echenique, Miguel Pogorzelski, Felix Schrödl-Baumann, Michael |
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| contents | In this paper, we consider the problem of approximating the spectral distribution for a class of random operators over sofic groups. For this purpose, we make use of the concept of locally and empirically converging measures defined by Austin. We establish weak convergence of the density of states measures along random finite-volume analogs. For operators taking finitely many rational values, we prove a Lück type approximation theorem yielding pointwise convergence of the spectral measures. In the wider context of arbitrary complex coefficients, we show pointwise convergence of the spectral distribution functions along adapted approximants with varying rational coefficients. Our results apply to the class of periodically approximable groups as defined by Bowen. More generally, we show that every invariant probability measure on a finite-state configuration space that arises as a weak-$\ast$ limit of periodic measures admits an approximation in the local and empirical sense. |
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| spellingShingle | Random operators, spectral measures, and local empirical convergence in sofic groups Donoso-Echenique, Miguel Pogorzelski, Felix Schrödl-Baumann, Michael Spectral Theory Dynamical Systems Group Theory In this paper, we consider the problem of approximating the spectral distribution for a class of random operators over sofic groups. For this purpose, we make use of the concept of locally and empirically converging measures defined by Austin. We establish weak convergence of the density of states measures along random finite-volume analogs. For operators taking finitely many rational values, we prove a Lück type approximation theorem yielding pointwise convergence of the spectral measures. In the wider context of arbitrary complex coefficients, we show pointwise convergence of the spectral distribution functions along adapted approximants with varying rational coefficients. Our results apply to the class of periodically approximable groups as defined by Bowen. More generally, we show that every invariant probability measure on a finite-state configuration space that arises as a weak-$\ast$ limit of periodic measures admits an approximation in the local and empirical sense. |
| title | Random operators, spectral measures, and local empirical convergence in sofic groups |
| topic | Spectral Theory Dynamical Systems Group Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.01610 |