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The Sixth Moment of Random Determinants

Combinatorics 2023-02-28 v2 Probability

Abstract

In this paper, we determine the sixth moment of the determinant of an asymmetric n×nn \times n random matrix where the entries are drawn independently from an arbitrary distribution Ω\Omega with mean 00. Furthermore, we derive the asymptotic behavior of the sixth moment of the determinant as the size of the matrix tends to infinity.

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@article{arxiv.2206.11356,
  title  = {The Sixth Moment of Random Determinants},
  author = {Dominik Beck and Zelin Lv and Aaron Potechin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.11356},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

This update contains several additional results, namely a generating function for $f_6(n)$, a simpler formula for $f_6(n)$, the asymptotic behavior of $f_6(n)$ as $n$ goes to infinity, and a generalization of these results to the case when $\Omega$ has a nonzero third moment