Lyapunov exponents of the Brownian motion on a Kähler manifold

If $E$ is a flat bundle of rank $r$ over a Kähler manifold $X$, we define the Lyapunov spectrum of $E$: a set of $r$ numbers controlling the growth of flat sections of $E$, along Brownian trajectories. We show how to compute these numbers, by using harmonic measures on the foliated space $\mathbb{P}(E)$. Then, in the case where $X$ is compact, we prove a general inequality relating the Lyapunov exponents and the degrees of holomorphic subbundles of $E$ and we discuss the equality case.

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Received 18 January 2018

Accepted 1 May 2018

Published 12 August 2019