Representation theory and products of random matrices in \text{SL}(2,{\mathbb R})

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Authors Alain Comtet, Christophe Texier, Yves Tourigny

Publication date 31 October 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Probability measures on groups or semigroups, Fourier transforms, factorization (60B15)

Abstract: The statistical behaviour of a product of independent, identically distributed random matrices in $extSL(2,mathbbR)$ is encoded in the generalised Lyapunov exponent $Lambda$; this is a function whose value at the complex number $2ell$ is the logarithm of the largest eigenvalue of the transfer operator obtained when one averages, over $ginextSL(2,mathbbR)$, a certain representation $T_{e}ll(g)$ associated with the product. We study some products that arise from models of one-dimensional disordered systems. These models have the property that the inverse of the transfer operator takes the form of a second-order difference or differential operator. We show how the ideas expounded by N. Ja. Vilenkin in his book [Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations, American Mathematical Society, 1968.] can be used to study the generalised Lyapunov exponent. In particular, we derive explicit formulae for the almost-sure growth and for the variance of the corresponding products.

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