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.