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Random matrices: Probability of Normality

Probability 2019-02-06 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the following question: How often is a random matrix normal? We consider a random n×nn\times n matrix, MnM_n, whose entries are i.i.d. Rademacher random variables (taking values {±1}\{ \pm1 \} with probability 1/21/2) and prove 2(0.5+o(1))n2P(Mn is normal)2(0.302+o(1))n2.2^{-\left(0.5+o(1)\right)n^2} \le P\left(M_n \text{ is normal}\right) \le 2^{-(0.302+o(1))n^{2}}. We conjecture that the lower bound is sharp.

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@article{arxiv.1711.02842,
  title  = {Random matrices: Probability of Normality},
  author = {Andrei Deneanu and Van Vu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.02842},
  year   = {2019}
}
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