Perturbation of discriminant for one-dimensional discrete Schrödinger operator with sparse periodic potential

Abstract: We consider the one-dimensional discrete Schr\"odinger operator with complex-valued sparse periodic potential. The spectrum for a complex-valued periodic potential is a complicated compact set in the complex plane represented by real intersections of algebraic curves determined by a discriminant. We represent the discriminant by Chebyshev polynomials and use perturbations of the discriminant to study the spectrum.