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Scalar spectral measures associated with an Operator-Fractal

Palle E. T. Jorgensen·Keri A. Kornelson·Karen L. Shuman
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We examine the operator $U_5$ defined on $L^2(μ_{\frac14})$ where $μ_{\frac14}$ is the 1/4 Cantor measure. The operator $U_5$ scales the elements of the canonical exponential spectrum for $L^2(μ_{\frac14})$ by 5 --- that is, $Ue_γ = e_{5γ}$ where $e_γ(t) = e^{2πi γt}$. It is known that $U_5$ has a self-similar structure, which makes its spectrum, which is currently unknown, of particular interest. In order to better understand the spectrum of $U_5$, we demonstrate a decomposition of the projection valued measures and scalar spectral measures associated with $U_5$. We are also able to compute associated Radon-Nikodym derivatives between the scalar measures. Our decomposition utilizes a system of operators which form a representation of the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_2$.

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Palle E. T. Jorgensen, Keri A. Kornelson, Karen L. Shuman. 2012-04-23. Scalar spectral measures associated with an Operator-Fractal. https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.5116

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