Speaker: 

Anton Gorodetski

Institution: 

UC Irvine

Time: 

Friday, April 28, 2017 - 4:00pm

Location: 

MSTB 124

Let us take a couple of 2x2 matrices A and B, and consider a long product of matrices, where each multiplier is either A or B, chosen randomly. What should we expect as a typical norm of such a product? This simple question leads to a rich theory of random matrix products. We will discuss some of the classical theorems (e.g. Furstenberg Theorem), as well as the very recent results.