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Equilibrium distribution of zeros of random polynomials

Complex Variables 2007-05-23 v1 Probability

Abstract

We consider ensembles of random polynomials of the form p(z)=j=1NajPjp(z)=\sum_{j = 1}^N a_j P_j where {aj}\{a_j\} are independent complex normal random variables and where {Pj}\{P_j\} are the orthonormal polynomials on the boundary of a bounded simply connected analytic plane domain ΩC\Omega \subset C relative to an analytic weight ρ(z)dz\rho(z) |dz|. In the simplest case where Ω\Omega is the unit disk and ρ=1\rho=1, so that Pj(z)=zjP_j(z) = z^j, it is known that the average distribution of zeros is the uniform measure on S1S^1. We show that for any analytic (Ω,ρ)(\Omega, \rho), the zeros of random polynomials almost surely become equidistributed relative to the equilibrium measure on Ω\partial\Omega as NN\to\infty. We further show that on the length scale of 1/N, the correlations have a universal scaling limit independent of (Ω,ρ)(\Omega, \rho).

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@article{arxiv.math/0206162,
  title  = {Equilibrium distribution of zeros of random polynomials},
  author = {Bernard Shiffman and Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0206162},
  year   = {2007}
}

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19 pages, 3 figures

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