Products of random matrices and generalised quantum point scatterers

Alain Comtet, Christophe Texier, Yves Tourigny

Published 2010-04-14, updated 2010-07-09Version 2

To every product of $2\times2$ matrices, there corresponds a one-dimensional Schr\"{o}dinger equation whose potential consists of generalised point scatterers. Products of {\em random} matrices are obtained by making these interactions and their positions random. We exhibit a simple one-dimensional quantum model corresponding to the most general product of matrices in $\text{SL}(2, {\mathbb R})$. We use this correspondence to find new examples of products of random matrices for which the invariant measure can be expressed in simple analytical terms.