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Random difference equations and Renewal theory for products of random matrices

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Research supported by the NSF under grant GP 28109 and by a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

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Kesten, H. Random difference equations and Renewal theory for products of random matrices. Acta Math. 131, 207–248 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392040

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