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Pfaffian point process for the Gaussian real generalised eigenvalue problem

Mathematical Physics 2016-05-17 v3 math.MP Probability

Abstract

The generalised eigenvalues for a pair of N×NN\times N matrices (X1,X2)(X_1,X_2) are defined as the solutions of the equation det(X1λX2)=0\det (X_1-\lambda X_2)=0, or equivalently, for X2X_2 invertible, as the eigenvalues of X21X1X_2^{-1}X_1. We consider Gaussian real matrices X1,X2X_1,X_2, for which the generalised eigenvalues have the rotational invariance of the half-sphere, or after a fractional linear transformation, the rotational invariance of the unit disk. In these latter variables we calculate the joint eigenvalue probability density function, the probability pN,kp_{N,k} of finding kk real eigenvalues, the densities of real and complex eigenvalues (the latter being related to an average over characteristic polynomials), and give an explicit Pfaffian formula for the higher correlation functions ρ(k1,k2)\rho_{(k_1,k_2)}. A limit theorem for pN,kp_{N,k} is proved, and the scaled form of ρ(k1,k2)\rho_{(k_1,k_2)} is shown to be identical to the analogous limit for the correlations of the eigenvalues of real Gaussian matrices. We show that these correlations satisfy sum rules characteristic of the underlying two-component Coulomb gas.

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@article{arxiv.0910.2531,
  title  = {Pfaffian point process for the Gaussian real generalised eigenvalue problem},
  author = {Peter J. Forrester and Anthony Mays},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.2531},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

46 pages, 2 figures, corrected Section 4.2, fixed typos, updated bibliography

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