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| author | Benson, Audrey Gould, Hunter Mariano, Phanuel Newcombe, Grace Vaidman, Joshua |
| author_facet | Benson, Audrey Gould, Hunter Mariano, Phanuel Newcombe, Grace Vaidman, Joshua |
| contents | The theory of products of random matrices and Lyapunov exponents have been widely studied and applied in the fields of biology, dynamical systems, economics, engineering and statistical physics. We consider the product of an i.i.d. sequence of $2\times 2$ random non-invertible matrices with real entries. Given some mild moment assumptions we prove an explicit formula for the Lyapunov exponent and prove a central limit theorem with an explicit formula for the variance in terms of the entries of the matrices. We also give examples where exact values for the Lyapunov exponent and variance are computed. An important example where non-invertible matrices are essential is the random Hill's equation, which has numerous physical applications, including the astrophysical orbit problem. |
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| spellingShingle | A central limit theorem with explicit Lyapunov exponent and variance for products of $2\times2$ random non-invertible matrices Benson, Audrey Gould, Hunter Mariano, Phanuel Newcombe, Grace Vaidman, Joshua Probability Mathematical Physics The theory of products of random matrices and Lyapunov exponents have been widely studied and applied in the fields of biology, dynamical systems, economics, engineering and statistical physics. We consider the product of an i.i.d. sequence of $2\times 2$ random non-invertible matrices with real entries. Given some mild moment assumptions we prove an explicit formula for the Lyapunov exponent and prove a central limit theorem with an explicit formula for the variance in terms of the entries of the matrices. We also give examples where exact values for the Lyapunov exponent and variance are computed. An important example where non-invertible matrices are essential is the random Hill's equation, which has numerous physical applications, including the astrophysical orbit problem. |
| title | A central limit theorem with explicit Lyapunov exponent and variance for products of $2\times2$ random non-invertible matrices |
| topic | Probability Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10364 |