Random matrices and the New York City subway system

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVE.96.030101MaRDI QIDQ6284025zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Aukosh Jagannath, Thomas Trogdon

Publication date 7 March 2017

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVE.96.030101

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (probabilistic aspects) (60B20) Applications of statistics to physics (62P35)

Abstract: We analyze subway arrival times in the New York City subway system. We find regimes where the gaps between trains exhibit both (unitarily invariant) random matrix statistics and Poisson statistics. The departure from random matrix statistics is captured by the value of the Coulomb potential along the subway route. This departure becomes more pronounced as trains make more stops.

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