%0 Journal Article %T The Spectrum of an Adelic Markov Operator %A Andreas Knauf %J Mathematics %D 2013 %I arXiv %X With the help of the representation of SL(2,Z) on the rank two free module over the integer adeles, we define the transition operator of a Markov chain. The real component of its spectrum exhibits a gap, whereas the non-real component forms a circle of radius 1/\sqrt{2}. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6410v1