An analytical Lieb-Sokal lemma

arXiv1704.06195MaRDI QIDQ6285752FDOQ6285752

Authors: Mohan Ravichandran 

Publication date: 20 April 2017

Abstract: A polynomial $pinmathbbR[z_1,cdots,z_n]$ is called real stable if it is non-vanishing whenever all the variables take values in the upper half plane. A well known result of Elliott Lieb and Alan Sokal states that if $p$ and $q$ are $n$ variate real stable polynomials, then the polynomial $q(partial)p:=q(partia{l}_1,cdots,partia{l}_n)p$, is real stable as well. In this paper, we prove analytical estimates on the locations on the zeroes of the real stable polynomial $q(partial)p$ in the case when both $p$ and $q$ are multiaffine, an important special case, owing to connections to negative dependance in discrete probability. As an application, we prove a general estimate on the expected characteristic polynomials upon sampling from Strongly Rayleigh distributions. We then use this to deduce results concerning two classes of polynomials, mixed characteristic polynomials and mixed determinantal polynomials, that are related to the Kadison-Singer problem.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic combinatorics (05E99) Selfadjoint operator algebras ((C^*)-algebras, von Neumann ((W^*)-) algebras, etc.) (46L99)

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