Abstract
We prove an elementary formula about the average expansion of certain products of 2 by 2 matrices. This permits us to quickly re-obtain an inequality by M. Herman and a theorem by Dedieu and Shub, both concerning Lyapunov exponents. Indeed, we show that equality holds in Herman's result. Finally, we give a result about the growth of the spectral radius of products.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 125-137 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Israel Journal of Mathematics |
| Volume | 131 |
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| State | Published - 2002 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Mathematics