The arc length and topology of a random lemniscate

DOI10.1112/JLMS.12086zbMATH Open1417.60040arXiv1610.09791OpenAlexW2767246536MaRDI QIDQ4600964FDOQ4600964

Authors: Erik Lundberg, Koushik Ramachandran 

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A polynomial lemniscate is a curve in the complex plane defined by $zinmathbbC:|p(z)|=t$. Erd"os, Herzog, and Piranian posed the extremal problem of determining the maximum length of a lemniscate $Lambda=zinmathbbC:|p(z)|=1$ when $p$ is a monic polynomial of degree $n$. In this paper, we study the length and topology of a random lemniscate whose defining polynomial has independent Gaussian coefficients. In the special case of the Kac ensemble we show that the length approaches a nonzero constant as $nightarrowinfty$. We also show that the average number of connected components is asymptotically $n$, and we observe a positive probability (independent of $n$) of a giant component occurring.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.09791

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zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian coefficientspolynomial lemniscateKac ensemble

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random fields (60G60) Polynomials and rational functions of one complex variable (30C10) Integral geometry (53C65)

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