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Fluctuation formula for complex random matrices

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A Gaussian fluctuation formula is proved for linear statistics of complex random matrices in the case that the statistic is rotationally invariant. For a general linear statistic without this symmetry, Coulomb gas theory is used to predict that the distribution will again be a Gaussian, with a specific mean and variance. The variance splits naturally into a bulk and surface contibution, the latter resulting from the long range correlations at the boundary of the support of the eigenvalue density.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9805306,
  title  = {Fluctuation formula for complex random matrices},
  author = {P. J. Forrester},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9805306},
  year   = {2007}
}

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