Characteristic polynomials of sample covariance matrices (Q548156)

The author investigates the second-order correlation function of the characteristic polynomial of a sample covariance matrix. The results are valid in the complex and real setting, in the bulk , the soft edge and the hard edge of the spectrum. He obtains an explicit expression for an exponential-type generating function of the second-order correlation function of the characteristic polynomial. He recovers the well-known kernels of random matrix theory by asymptotic analysis.