Exact statistical properties of the zeros of complex random polynomials

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Abstract: The zeros of complex Gaussian random polynomials, with coefficients such that the density in the underlying complex space is uniform, are known to have the same statistical properties as the zeros of the coherent state representation of one-dimensional chaotic quantum systems. We extend the interpretation of these polynomials by showing that they also arise as the wave function for a quantum particle in a magnetic field constructed from a random superposition of states in the lowest Landau level. A study of the statistical properties of the zeros is undertaken using exact formulas for the one and two point distribution functions. Attention is focussed on the moments of the two-point correlation in the bulk, the variance of a linear statistic, and the asymptotic form of the two-point correlation at the boundary. A comparison is made with the same quantities for the eigenvalues of complex Gaussian random matrices.


Let \(a_j(\omega)\) and \(b_j(\omega)\), \(\omega\in \Omega\), \(j= 0,1,\dots, N\), be sequences of independent, normally distributed random variables defined on a probability space \((\Omega,{\mathcal A},\text{Pr})\) with means zero and variances \(\sigma^2_j\). Denote \(p(z,\omega)\equiv p(z)= \sum^N_{j= 0} \alpha_j(\omega) z^j\) where \(\alpha_j(\omega)\equiv \alpha_j= a_j(\omega)+ ib_j(\omega)\). The present paper gives an interesting and comprehensive study of the different cases that the complex roots of \(p(z)\) give rise to in physical applications. In particular, the authors give references of the previous works for the special cases of \(\sigma_j= (1/2)^{-1/2}\), \(\sigma_j= (j!)^{-1/2}\) and \(\sigma_j= \left(\begin{smallmatrix} N\\ j\end{smallmatrix}\right)^{1/2}\). For the two later choices of \(\sigma_j\) the paper investigates detailed analysis and gives some further applications. This is an interesting paper for those who are interested in the physical phenomena of random polynomials as well as those purely interested in the mathematical properties of random polynomials and the distributions of their complex roots. However, since the pioneering work of \textit{L. A. Shepp} and \textit{R. J. Vanderbei} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 347, No. 11, 4365-4384 (1995; Zbl 0841.30006)], \textit{I. Ibragimov} and \textit{O. Zeitouni} [ibid. 349, No. 6, 2427-2441 (1997; Zbl 0872.30002)] used an idea of \textit{R. J. Adler} [``The geometry of random fields (1981; Zbl 0478.60059)] and developed a method of finding the distribution of the complex roots of random polynomials. Their method and derivations, especially for the Gaussian case, which is mainly considered by the paper under review, significantly simplifies the analysis. Earlier works on this and related fields constitute the greater part of a book by this reviewer [``Topics on random polynomials (Lodon, 1998)].




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