Talk:Lyapunov exponent

Reviewer 1

Dr Politi make a nice, comprehensible, and concise review of Lyapunov exponents in application to dynamical system studies.

My only suggestion is to add a section describing (briefly, but with references to other scholarpedia articles or other sources) other application of this concept - in the theory of stochastic processes, in statistical physics (transfer matrix approach), etc.

- A Pikovsky

Following the advice of the reviewer, I have made the following modifications:

1) I introduce the Lyapunov exponents directly with reference to

  the linear evolution and mention that they can arise in generic
  contexts such as linear stochastic differential equations.
  Reference to deterministic dynamical systems follows.

2) I have added a final section, where a few applications are

  briefly discussed (localization and advection, besides
  mentioning synchronization).

3) I have added specific references about the above mentioned

  subjects plus some suitable internal references that are
  separately listed in the end.

Antonio Politi