Random Walks on Reductive Groups

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Benoist, Yves (Συγγραφέας), Quint, Jean-François (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics, 62
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Probabilities.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XI, 323 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319477213
• ISSN: 0071-1136 ;

The classical theory of random walks describes the asymptotic behavior of sums of independent identically distributed random real variables. This book explains the generalization of this theory to products of independent identically distributed random matrices with real coefficients. Under the assumption that the action of the matrices is semisimple – or, equivalently, that the Zariski closure of the group generated by these matrices is reductive - and under suitable moment assumptions, it is shown that the norm of the products of such random matrices satisfies a number of classical probabilistic laws. This book includes necessary background on the theory of reductive algebraic groups, probability theory and operator theory, thereby providing a modern introduction to the topic.