Lyapunov exponent for random dynamical system

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Consider deterministic discrete dynamical system defined as $$x_{n+1}=f(x_n).$$

Then Lyapunov exponent is defined as

$$\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{i=0}^{n-1}\ln(f'(x_i)).$$

I think that I understand main idea why the Lyapunov exponent is defined in this form.

My problem is that I have not deterministic discrete dynamical system but I have random discrete dynamical system.

Consisder very simple random dynamical system of the form $$X_{n+1}= \begin{cases} f(X_n) \text{ with prob. } p,\\ g(X_n) \text{ with prob. } 1-p. \end{cases} $$

The question is how the Lyapunov exponent can be define for this random dynamical system (or for random dynamical systems in general). I have been reading somtehing about Lyapunov exponet for sequence of random matrices but I am not sure if it is usable for my problem.

I am studing these things by myself and I am litle bit lost in it. Any help will be apreciated.