Zeros of polynomials with random coefficients (Q476132)

The authors study the distribution of zeros of collections of polynomials \(P_n(z) = \sum_{k=0}^n A_k z^k\) with random coefficients. Under mild conditions on the probability distribution of the coefficients, the zeros are asymptotically equidistributed near the unit circle \(\mathbb T = \{z \in \mathbb C : |z|=1\}\). More precisely, the zero counting measure \(\tau_n := \frac 1 n \sum_{k=1}^n \delta_{Z_k}\), where \(Z_1, \ldots,Z_n\) are the zeros of \(P_n\), converges in the weak* topology to the normalized arc-length measure \(\mu_{\mathbb T}\) almost surely. In the paper under review, the authors provide quantitative estimates for the discrepancy of the measures \(\tau_n\) and \(\mu_{\mathbb T}\) in annular sectors and for the expected number of zeros in certain sets. Also random polynomials spanned by general bases are considered. The paper generalizes the results of \textit{I. E. Pritsker} and \textit{A. A. Sola} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 142, No. 12, 4251--4263 (2014; Zbl 1301.30006)], in particular, several unnecessary restrictions, e.g., the assumption that the coefficients are independent and identically distributed, are removed.