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We are concerned with zeros of random power series with coefficients being a stationary, centered, complex Gaussian process. We show that the expected number of zeros in every smooth domain in the disk of convergence is less than that of…

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We study the expected number of zeros of $$P_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^n\eta_kp_k(z),$$ where $\{\eta_k\}$ are complex-valued i.i.d standard Gaussian random variables, and $\{p_k(z)\}$ are polynomials orthogonal on the unit disk. When…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Marianela Landi , Kayla Johnson , Garrett Moseley , Aaron Yeager

Let $P_n(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{n} \xi_k x^k$ be a Kac random polynomial, where the coefficients $\xi_k$ are i.i.d.\ copies of a given random variable $\xi$. Based on numerical experiments, it has been conjectured that if $\xi$ has mean zero,…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Phuc Lam , Oanh Nguyen

Let \( \{\varphi_i\}_{i=0}^\infty \) be a sequence of orthonormal polynomials on the unit circle with respect to a probability measure \( \mu \). We study zero distribution of random linear combinations of the form \[…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Maxim L. Yattselev , Aaron Yeager

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

This paper seeks to further explore the distribution of the real roots of random polynomials with non-centered coefficients. We focus on polynomials where the typical values of the coefficients have power growth and count the average number…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Yen Q. Do

This paper investigates the zero distribution of a sequence of polynomials $\left\{ P_{m}(z)\right\} _{m=0}^{\infty}$ generated by the reciprocal of $1+ct+B(z)t^{2}+A(z)t^{3}$ where $c\in\mathbb{R}$ and $A(z)$, $B(z)$ are real linear…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-08-23 Khang Tran , Andres Zumba

We compute the precise leading asymptotics of the variance of the number of real roots for a large class of random polynomials, where the random coefficients have polynomial growth. Our results apply to many classical ensembles, including…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Yen Q. Do , Nhan D. V. Nguyen

In this paper, we quantify the rate of convergence between the distribution of number of zeros of random trigonometric polynomials (RTP) with i.i.d. centered random coefficients and the number of zeros of a stationary centered Gaussian…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-02-01 Laure Coutin , Liliana Peralta

We study concentration inequalities for the number of real roots of the classical Kac polynomials $$f_{n} (x) = \sum_{i=0}^n \xi_i x^i$$ where $\xi_i$ are independent random variables with mean 0, variance 1, and uniformly bounded…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Van Hao Can , Oanh Nguyen

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

The zeros of complex Gaussian random polynomials, with coefficients such that the density in the underlying complex space is uniform, are known to have the same statistical properties as the zeros of the coherent state representation of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. J. Forrester , G. Honner

In this paper, we study the root distribution of some univariate polynomials satisfying a recurrence of order two with linear polynomial coefficients. We show that the set of non-isolated limits of zeros of the polynomials is either an arc,…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-06-08 David G. L. Wang , Jerry J. R. Zhang

Let $X_1,X_2,\ldots$ be independent and identically distributed random variables in $\mathbb{C}$ chosen from a probability measure $\mu$ and define the random polynomial $$ P_n(z)=(z-X_1)\ldots(z-X_n)\,. $$ We show that for any sequence $k…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-12-23 Marcus Michelen , Xuan-Truong Vu

Consider a polynomial of large degree n whose coefficients are independent, identically distributed, nondegenerate random variables having zero mean and finite moments of all orders. We show that such a polynomial has exactly k real zeros…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-04-03 Amir Dembo , Bjorn Poonen , Qi-Man Shao , Ofer Zeitouni

We consider random polynomials $p_n(x)=\xi_0+\xi_1+\dots+\xi_n x^n$ whose coefficients are independent and identically distributed with zero mean, unit variance, and bounded $(2+\epsilon)^{th}$ moment (for some $\epsilon>0$), also known as…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Yen Q. Do

We study the root distribution of some univariate polynomials satisfying a recurrence of order two with linear and quadratic polynomial coefficients. We show that the set of non-isolated limits of zeros of the polynomials is the closure of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-03-02 David G. L. Wang , Jerry J. R. Zhang

For a regular compact set $K$ in $C^m$ and a measure $\mu$ on $K$ satisfying the Bernstein-Markov inequality, we consider the ensemble $P_N$ of polynomials of degree $N$, endowed with the Gaussian probability measure induced by $L^2(\mu)$.…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-11-13 Thomas Bloom , Bernard Shiffman

Polynomials whose zeros are symmetric either to the real line or to the unit circle are very important in mathematics and physics. We can classify them into three main classes: the self-conjugate polynomials, whose zeros are symmetric to…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2019-04-04 R. S. Vieira

In this paper we present some classes of real self-reciprocal polynomials with at most two zeros outside the unit circle which are connected with a Chebyshev quasi-orthogonal polynomials of order one. We investigated the distribution,…

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