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Probability density of determinants of random matrices

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v1 Probability

Abstract

In this brief paper the probability density of a random real, complex and quaternion determinant is rederived using singular values. The behaviour of suitably rescaled random determinants is studied in the limit of infinite order of the matrices.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0011136,
  title  = {Probability density of determinants of random matrices},
  author = {Giovanni M. Cicuta and Madan L. Mehta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0011136},
  year   = {2009}
}