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Probability of all eigenvalues real for products of standard Gaussian matrices

Mathematical Physics 2015-08-27 v2 math.MP

Abstract

With {Xi}\{X_i\} independent N×NN \times N standard Gaussian random matrices, the probability pN,NPmp_{N,N}^{P_m} that all eigenvalues are real for the matrix product Pm=XmXm1X1P_m = X_m X_{m-1} \cdots X_1 is expressed in terms of an N/2×N/2N/2 \times N/2 (NN even) and (N+1)/2×(N+1)/2(N+1)/2 \times (N+1)/2 (NN odd) determinant. The entries of the determinant are certain Meijer GG-functions. In the case m=2m=2 high precision computation indicates that the entries are rational multiples of π2\pi^2, with the denominator a power of 2, and that to leading order in NN pN,NPmp_{N,N}^{P_m} decays as (π/4)N2/2(\pi/4)^{N^2/2}. We are able to show that for general mm and large NN, pN,NPmbmN2p_{N,N}^{P_m} \sim b_m^{N^2} with an explicit bmb_m. An analytic demonstration that pN,NPm1p_{N,N}^{P_m} \to 1 as mm \to \infty is given.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1309.7736,
  title  = {Probability of all eigenvalues real for products of standard Gaussian matrices},
  author = {Peter J. Forrester},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7736},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

15 pages; in version 2, $p_{N,N}^{P_m} \to 1$ as $m \to \infty$ is shown for general $N$, not just $N=2$ as in version 1