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Solutions of loop equations are random matrices

Mathematical Physics 2019-09-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

For a given polynomial V(x)C[x]V(x)\in \mathbb C[x], a random matrix eigenvalues measure is a measure 1i<jN(xixj)2i=1NeV(xi)dxi\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq N}(x_i-x_j)^2 \prod_{i=1}^N e^{-V(x_i)}dx_i on γN\gamma^N. Hermitian matrices have real eigenvalues γ=R\gamma=\mathbb R, which generalize to γ\gamma a complex Jordan arc, or actually a linear combination of homotopy classes of Jordan arcs, chosen such that integrals are absolutely convergent. Polynomial moments of such measure satisfy a set of linear equations called "loop equations". We prove that every solution of loop equations are necessarily polynomial moments of some random matrix measure for some choice of arcs. There is an isomorphism between the homology space of integrable arcs and the set of solutions of loop equations. We also generalize this to a 2-matrix model and to the chain of matrices, and to cases where VV is not a polynomial but V(x)C(x)V'(x)\in \mathbb C(x).

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@article{arxiv.1909.09372,
  title  = {Solutions of loop equations are random matrices},
  author = {B. Eynard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09372},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

22 pages + appendix(7pages), Latex, 2 figures

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