What are Lyapunov exponents, and why are they interesting?

Wilkinson, Amie

doi:10.1090/bull/1552

What are Lyapunov exponents, and why are they interesting?

Author: Amie Wilkinson
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 79-105
MSC (2010): Primary 37C40; Secondary 37D25, 37H15, 34D08, 37C60, 47B36, 32G15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1552
Published electronically: September 6, 2016
Previous version: Original version posted September 6, 2016
Corrected version posted September 21, 2016: Current version corrects publisher's error in rendering author's corrections.
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