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We investigate the evolution of the empirical distribution of the complex roots of high-degree random polynomials, when the polynomial undergoes the heat flow. In one prominent example of Weyl polynomials, the limiting zero distribution…

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This paper investigates asymptotic distribution of complex zeros of random polynomials $P_n(z):=\sum_{k=0}^{n}b(k)\xi_k z^k$, as $n\to\infty$, where $b$ is a regularly varying function at infinity with index $\alpha\in \mathbb{R}$ and…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Zakhar Kabluchko , Boris Khoruzhenko , Alexander Marynych

We study the density of the roots of the derivative of the characteristic polynomial Z(U,z) of an N x N random unitary matrix with distribution given by Haar measure on the unitary group. Based on previous random matrix theory models of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Francesco Mezzadri

We study the evolution of the roots of a polynomial of degree $N$, when the polynomial itself is evolving according to the heat flow. We propose a general conjecture for the large-$N$ limit of this evolution. Specifically, we propose (1)…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Brian C. Hall , Ching-Wei Ho

Let $p_n$ be a random, degree $n$ polynomial whose roots are chosen independently according to the probability measure $\mu$ on the complex plane. For a deterministic point $\xi$ lying outside the support of $\mu$, we show that almost…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-07-31 Sean O'Rourke , Noah Williams

We determine the probability that a random polynomial of degree $n$ over $\mathbb{Z}_p$ has exactly $r$ roots in $\mathbb{Q}_p$, and show that it is given by a rational function of $p$ that is invariant under replacing $p$ by $1/p$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-29 Manjul Bhargava , John Cremona , Tom Fisher , Stevan Gajović

For fixed functions $G,H:[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$, consider the rotationally invariant probability density on $\mathbb{R}^n$ of the form \[ \mu^n(ds) = \frac{1}{Z_n} G(\|s\|_2)\, e^{ - n H( \|s\|_2)} ds. \] We show that when $n$ is large,…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Johannes Heiny , Samuel Johnston , Joscha Prochno

Given a family $(q_k)_k$ of polynomials, we call an open set $U$ root-sparse if the number of zeros of $q_k$ is locally uniformly bounded on $U$. We study the interplay between the individual zeros of the polynomials $q_k$ and those of the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2025-01-10 Christian Henriksen , Carsten Lunde Petersen , Eva Uhre

We study the pairing between zeros and critical points of the polynomial $p_n(z) = \prod_{j=1}^n(z-X_j)$, whose roots $X_1, \ldots, X_n$ are complex-valued random variables. Under a regularity assumption, we show that if the roots are…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-02-20 Sean O'Rourke , Noah Williams

If the coefficients of polynomials are selected by some random process, the zeros of the resulting polynomials are in some sense random. In this paper the author rephrases the above in more precise language, and calculates the joint…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-11-26 Kerry M. Soileau

We consider non-Hermitian random matrices $X \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ with general decaying correlations between their entries. For large $n$, the empirical spectral distribution is well approximated by a deterministic density,…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-02-25 Johannes Alt , Torben Krüger

We obtain the strong asymptotics of polynomials $p_n(\lambda)$, $\lambda\in\mathbb{C}$, orthogonal with respect to measures in the complex plane of the form $$ e^{-N(|\lambda|^{2s}-t\lambda^s-\overline{t\lambda}^s)}dA(\lambda), $$ where $s$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-05 Ferenc Balogh , Tamara Grava , Dario Merzi

Let $\{f_k\}$ be a sequence of entire functions that are real valued on the real-line. We study the expected number of real zeros of random sums of the form $P_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^n\eta_k f_k(z)$, where $\{\eta_k\}$ are real valued…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-05-20 Aaron M. Yeager

In 1966, Edward Nelson presented an interesting derivation of the Schrodinger equation using Brownian motion. Recently, this derivation is linked to the theory of optimal transport, which shows that the Schrodinger equation is a Hamiltonian…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-07-07 Shui-Nee Chow , Wuchen Li , Haomin Zhou

We study asymptotic clustering of zeros of random polynomials, and show that the expected discrepancy of roots of a polynomial of degree $n$, with not necessarily independent coefficients, decays like $\sqrt{\log n/n}$. Our proofs rely on…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2013-07-24 Igor E. Pritsker , Alan A. Sola

We prove two recent conjectures of Bourn and Erickson (2023) regarding the real-rootedness of a certain family of polynomials $N_n(t)$ as well as the sum of their coefficients. These polynomials arise as the numerators of generating…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Ming-Jian Ding , Jiang Zeng

Many statistics of roots of random polynomials have been studied in the literature, but not much is known on the concentration aspect. In this note we present a systematic study of this question, aiming towards nearly optimal bounds to some…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Ander Aguirre , Hoi H. Nguyen , Jingheng Wang

We introduce a family of real random polynomials of degree n whose coefficients a_k are symmetric independent Gaussian variables with variance <a_k^2> = e^{-k^\alpha}, indexed by a real \alpha \geq 0. We compute exactly the mean number of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Gregory Schehr , Satya N. Majumdar

For a given monic integral polynomial $f(x)$ of degree $n$, we define local roots $r_i$ of $f(x)$ for a completely decomposable prime $p$ by $r_i \in \mathbb{Z}$, $f(r_i) \equiv 0 \bmod p$ and $0 \le r_1 \le r_2 \le \dots \le r_n < p$. With…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Yoshiyuki Kitaoka

Partitions, the partition function $p(n)$, and the hook lengths of their Ferrers-Young diagrams are important objects in combinatorics, number theory and representation theory. For positive integers $n$ and $t$, we study $p_t^e(n)$ (resp.…

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