Stationary probability measures on projective spaces for block-Lyapunov dominated systems

Abstract

Given a finite-dimensional real vector space $V$, a probability measure $\mu$ on $\operatorname{PGL}(V)$ and a $\mu$-invariant subspace $W$, under a block-Lyapunov contraction assumption, we prove existence and uniqueness of lifts to $P(V)\setminus P(W)$ of stationary probability measures on the quotient $P(V/W)$. In the other direction, i.e. under block-Lyapunov expansion, we prove that stationary measures on $P(V/W)$ have lifts if any only if the group generated by the support of $\mu$ stabilizes a subspace $W'$ not contained in $W$ and exhibiting a faster growth than on $W \cap W'$. These refine the description of stationary probability measures on projective spaces as given by Furstenberg, Kifer and Hennion, and under the same assumptions, extend corresponding results by Aoun, Benoist, Bru\`{e}re, Guivarc'h, and others.