%0 Journal Article %T The eigenpairs of a Sylvester-Kac type matrix associated with a simple model for one-dimensional deposition and evaporation %A C. M. da Fonseca %A Dan A. Mazilu %A Irina Mazilu %A H. Thomas Williams %J Physics %D 2013 %I arXiv %X A straightforward model for deposition and evaporation on discrete cells of a finite array of any dimension leads to a matrix equation involving a Sylvester-Kac type matrix. The eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the general matrix are determined for an arbitrary number of cells. A variety of models to which this solution may be applied are discussed. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3713v1