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Let $x_1, \dots, x_n$ be $n$ independent and identically distributed random variables with mean zero, unit variance, and finite moments of all remaining orders. We study the random polynomial $p_n$ having roots at $x_1, \dots, x_n$. We…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-05-21 Jeremy G. Hoskins , Stefan Steinerberger

Consider random polynomial $\sum_{i=0}^na_ix^i$ of independent mean-zero normal coefficients $a_i$, whose variance is a regularly varying function (in $i$) of order $\alpha$. We derive general criteria for continuity of persistence…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-01-12 Amir Dembo , Sumit Mukherjee

We establish the central limit theorem for the number of real roots of the Weyl polynomial $P_n(x)=xi_0 + xi_1 x+ ... + xi_n (n!)^{(-1/2)} x^n$, where $xi_i$ are iid Gaussian random variables. The main ingredients in the proof are new…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-08-02 Yen Do , Van Vu

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 show that with high probability the number of real zeroes of a random polynomial is bounded by the number of vertices on its Newton-Hadamard polygon times the cube of the logarithm of the polynomial degree. A similar estimate holds for…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Ken Söze

We survey results and conjectures concerning the zero distribution of chromatic and flow polynomials of graphs, and characteristic polynomials of matroids.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bill Jackson

In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of a family of polynomials which are orthogonal with respect to an exponential weight on certain contours of the complex plane. The zeros of these polynomials are the nodes for complex Gaussian…

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In this work, we study asymptotic zero distribution of random multi-variable polynomials which are random linear combinations $\sum_{j}a_jP_j(z)$ with i.i.d coefficients relative to a basis of orthonormal polynomials $\{P_j\}_j$ induced by…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-05-07 Turgay Bayraktar

Let $f_n$ be a random polynomial of degree $n\ge 2$ whose coefficients are independent and identically distributed random variables. We study the separation distances between roots of $f_n$ and prove that the set of these distances,…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Marcus Michelen , Oren Yakir

We consider the polynomials $\Xi_n$ introduced in~\cite{TallaWaffo2025arxiv2511.02843} and studied in further details in\cite{TallaWaffo2026arxiv2602.16761}, which are expressed in terms of Eulerian polynomials of type~B, and study the zero…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Luc Ramsès Talla Waffo

Let $G_n(z)=\xi_0+\xi_1z+...+\xi_n z^n$ be a random polynomial with i.i.d. coefficients (real or complex). We show that the arguments of the roots of $G_n(z)$ are uniformly distributed in $[0,2\pi]$ asymptotically as $n\to\infty$. We also…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-02-18 Ildar Ibragimov , Dmitry Zaporozhets

Motivated by Wilmshurst's conjecture, we investigate the zeros of harmonic polynomials. We utilize a certified counting approach which is a combination of two methods from numerical algebraic geometry: numerical polynomial homotopy…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Jonathan D. Hauenstein , Antonio Lerario , Erik Lundberg , Dhagash Mehta

We investigate the hydrodynamic behavior of zeroes of trigonometric polynomials under repeated differentiation. We show that if the zeroes of a real-rooted, degree $d$ trigonometric polynomial are distributed according to some probability…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Zakhar Kabluchko

Motivated by Hilbert's 16th problem we discuss the probabilities of topological features of a system of random homogeneous polynomials. The distribution for the polynomials is the Kostlan distribution. The topological features we consider…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Paul Breiding , Hanieh Keneshlou , Antonio Lerario

We study distribution of zeros of a complex polynomial whose coefficients has been modified. We give a new proof of the theorem of Rubinstein, and with similar method we prove a new theorem that is not generalization of the previous…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-03-10 Radosh Bakich

Let $\mu$ be a probability measure on $\mathbb C$, and let $P_n$ be the random polynomial whose zeros are sampled independently from $\mu$. We study the asymptotic distribution of zeros of high-order derivatives of $P_n$. We show that, for…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Jürgen Angst , Oanh Nguyen , Guillaume Poly

In this paper we study the asymptotic zero distribution of eigenpolynomials for degenerate exactly-solvable operators. We present an explicit conjecture and partial results on the growth of the largest modulus of the roots of the unique and…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tanja Bergkvist

In this paper we determine the limiting distribution of the image of the Eichler--Shimura map or equivalently the limiting joint distribution of the coefficients of the period polynomials associated to a fixed cusp form. The limiting…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-26 Asbjorn Christian Nordentoft

We introduce two probabilistic models of random log-concave polynomials, the uniform model and the beta model, and study the asymptotic distribution of their zeros in the complex plane. In the uniform model, we show that the empirical root…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Ohad Noy Feldheim , Arnab Sen

We utilize Cauchy's argument principle in combination with the Jacobian of a holomorphic function in several complex variables and the first moment of a ratio of two correlated complex normal random variables to prove explicit formulas for…

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