Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/RZBKOu8 Random Walks on Reductive Groups By: Yves Benoist; Jean-François Quint Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319477190, 3319477196 eText ISBN: 9783319477213, 3319477218 Copyright year: 2016 Format: PDF Available from $ 129.00 USD SKU 9783319477213 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.
