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Lyapunov maximizing measures for balanced pairs of matrices

Dynamical Systems 2025-12-16 v2

Abstract

We show that every balanced pair (see Definition 1.1) of real 2×22\times 2 matrices admits a unique Lyapunov maximizing measure, and the measure is always Sturmian.

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@article{arxiv.2512.07340,
  title  = {Lyapunov maximizing measures for balanced pairs of matrices},
  author = {Rui Gao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07340},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

17 pages, minor corrections