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Discontinuity of Lyapunov exponents for SL$(2,\mathbb{R})$ valued cocycles

Dynamical Systems 2026-02-03 v2

Abstract

We exhibit an example of discontinuity point for the Lyapunov exponents as a function of the cocycle in the α\alpha-H\"older topology. The linear cocycle taking values in SL(2,R)SL(2, \mathbb{R}) is locally constant and defined over a Bernoulli shift. Our example extends Bocker-Viana's and Butler's results. In particular, it gives a partial answer to a question raised by Clark Butler. Finally, we give an example of discontinuity in the setting of SL(m,R)SL(m,\mathbb{R})-valued cocycles, which is constructed from SL(2,R)SL(2, \mathbb{R})-valued cocycles.

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@article{arxiv.2407.20310,
  title  = {Discontinuity of Lyapunov exponents for SL$(2,\mathbb{R})$ valued cocycles},
  author = {Edhin Mamani and Raquel Saraiva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.20310},
  year   = {2026}
}

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