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The maximum of the CUE field

Probability 2019-07-11 v2

Abstract

Let UNU_N denote a Haar Unitary matrix of dimension N, and consider the field U(z)=logdet(1zUN) {\bf U}(z) = \log |\det(1-zU_N)| for z in the unit disk. Then, maxz=1U(z)logN+34loglogNloglogN0 \frac{\max_{|z|=1} {\bf U}(z) -\log N + \frac{3}{4} \log\log N} {\log\log N} \to 0 in probability. This provides a verification up to second order of a conjecture of Fyodorov, Hiary and Keating, improving on the recent first order verification of Arguin, Belius and Bourgade.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1602.08875,
  title  = {The maximum of the CUE field},
  author = {Elliot Paquette and Ofer Zeitouni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08875},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

This version corrects a missing funding acknowledgement

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