Anderson localization for the quasi-periodic CMV matrices with Verblunsky coefficients defined by the skew-shift

Abstract

In this paper, we study quasi-periodic CMV matrices with Verblunsky coefficients given by the skew-shift. We prove the positivity of Lyapunov exponents and Anderson localization for most frequencies, which establish the analogous results of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators proved by Bourgain, Goldstein and Schlag.