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Random and mean Lyapunov exponents for $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{R})$

Dynamical Systems 2022-08-23 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We consider orthogonally invariant probability measures on GLn(R)\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{R}) and compare the mean of the logs of the moduli of eigenvalues of the matrices to the Lyapunov exponents of random matrix products independently drawn with respect to the measure. We give a lower bound for the former in terms of the latter. The results are motivated by Dedieu-Shub\cite{DS}. A novel feature of our treatment is the use of the theory of spherical polynomials in the proof of our main result.

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@article{arxiv.2206.01091,
  title  = {Random and mean Lyapunov exponents for $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{R})$},
  author = {Diego Armentano and Gautam Chinta and Siddhartha Sahi and Michael Shub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.01091},
  year   = {2022}
}
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