When does $A_1 A_2 A_3\ldots \xrightarrow{a.s}0$ for IID random matrices $A_i$?

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Suppose $A_1,A_2,A_3,\ldots$ is an infinite sequence of $d\times d$ matrices sampled IID from some distribution. Under which conditions does the product converge to zero almost surely?

The hard case is when $A_i$ are rank-deficient so matrix logarithm is not defined. Here one such case is addressed with $A=I-x_ix_i^T$ and isotropic 2-D Gaussian $x_i$. Can this be generalized?