Lyapunov exponents, path-integrals and forms (Q1336506)

Lyapunov exponents are a measure of the rate at which nearby trajectories diverge from one another. For deterministic systems the exponents may be computed from a single trajectory but for stochastic systems one must average over infinitely many trajectories. Following a brief review of Lyapunov exponents this paper formulates classical Hamiltonian dynamics in terms of the path integral, looks at observables for higher dimensional Lyapunov exponents, and considers partition functions of the super-Hamiltonian.