For a given finite set Sigma of matrices with nonnegative integer entries we study the growth with t of max {parallel to A(1)... A(t)parallel to : A(i) epsilon Sigma}. We show how to determine in polynomial time whether this growth is bounded, polynomial, or exponential, and we characterize all possible behaviors. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Jungers, R., Protasov, V., & Blondel, V. (2008). Efficient algorithms for deciding the type of growth of products of integer matrices. Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 428(10), 2296-2311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2007.08.001 (Original work published 2008)