Analyticity of the Lyapunov exponents of random products of matrices

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the study of random (Bernoulli and Markovian) product of matrices on a compact space of symbols. We establish the analyticity of the maximal Lyapunov exponent as a function of the transition probabilities, thus extending the results and methods of Y. Peres from a finite to an infinite (but compact) space of symbols. Our approach combines the spectral properties of the associated Markov operator with the theory of holomorphic functions in Banach spaces.