Octonions in random matrix theory

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2016.0800MaRDI QIDQ4647180zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter J. Forrester

Publication date 4 January 2019

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08081

zbMATH Keywords

Jordan algebrasoctonionsrandom matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations with random matrices (11M50) Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Composition algebras (17A75) Jordan structures associated with other structures (17C50)

Abstract: The octonions are one of the four normed division algebras, together with the real, complex and quaternion number systems. The latter three hold a primary place in random matrix theory, where in applications to quantum physics they are determined as the entries of ensembles of Hermitian random by symmetry considerations. Only for $N=2$ is there an existing analytic theory of Hermitian random matrices with octonion entries. We use a Jordan algebra viewpoint to provide an analytic theory for $N=3$. We then proceed to consider the matrix structure $X^{d}aggerX$, when $X$ has random octonion entries. Analytic results are obtained from $N=2$, but are observed to break down in the $3imes3$ case.

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