Products of random matrices arise naturally in many areas of condensed-matter and statistical physics. This book provides a self-contained introduction, suitable for graduate students and researchers, to such products and to methods for the calculation of the corresponding Lyapunov exponents.

Inhalt
I Background.- 1. Why Study Random Matrices?.- 2. Lyapunov Exponents for PRM.- II Applications.- 3. Chaotic Dynamical Systems.- 4. Disordered Systems.- 5. Localization.- III Miscellany.- 6. Other Applications.- 7. Appendices.- References.