Magnetic pseudodifferential operators represented as generalized Hofstadter-like matrices

Abstract

First, we reconsider the magnetic pseudodifferential calculus and show that for a large class of non-decaying symbols, their corresponding magnetic pseudodifferential operators can be represented, up to a global gauge transform, as generalized Hofstadter-like, bounded matrices. As a by-product, we prove a Calderón-Vaillancourt type result. Second, we make use of this matrix representation and prove sharp results on the spectrum location when the magnetic field strength $b$ varies. Namely, when the operators are self-adjoint, we show that their spectrum (as a set) is at least $1/2$-Hölder continuous with respect to $b$ in the Hausdorff distance. Third, when the magnetic perturbation comes from a constant magnetic field we show that their spectral edges are Lipschitz continuous in $b$. The same Lipschitz continuity holds true for spectral gap edges as long as the gaps do not close.