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Asymptotic Results for Random Polynomials on the Unit Circle

Probability 2012-11-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of the maximum magnitude of a complex random polynomial with i.i.d. uniformly distributed random roots on the unit circle. More specifically, let {nk}k=1\{n_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty} be an infinite sequence of positive integers and let {zk}k=1\{z_{k}\}_{k=1}^{\infty} be a sequence of i.i.d. uniform distributed random variables on the unit circle. The above pair of sequences determine a sequence of random polynomials PN(z)=k=1N(zzk)nkP_{N}(z) = \prod_{k=1}^{N}{(z-z_k)^{n_k}} with random roots on the unit circle and their corresponding multiplicities. In this work, we show that subject to a certain regularity condition on the sequence {nk}k=1\{n_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty}, the log maximum magnitude of these polynomials scales as sNIs_{N}I^{*} where sN2=k=1Nnk2s_{N}^{2}=\sum_{k=1}^{N}{n_{k}^{2}} and II^{*} is a strictly positive random variable.

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@article{arxiv.1211.3958,
  title  = {Asymptotic Results for Random Polynomials on the Unit Circle},
  author = {Gabriel H. Tucci and Philip A. Whiting},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.3958},
  year   = {2012}
}

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14 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1202.3184

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