Sums of random polynomials with differing degrees

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Authors I. Kraus, Marcus Michelen, Sean Myles O'Rourke

Published in arXiv

Abstract: Let $mu$ and $u$ be probability measures in the complex plane, and let $p$ and $q$ be independent random polynomials of degree $n$, whose roots are chosen independently from $mu$ and $u$, respectively. Under assumptions on the measures $mu$ and $u$, the limiting distribution for the zeros of the sum $p+q$ was by computed by Reddy and the third author [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 495 (2021) 124719] as $noinfty$. In this paper, we generalize and extend this result to the case where $p$ and $q$ have different degrees. In this case, the logarithmic potential of the limiting distribution is given by the pointwise maximum of the logarithmic potentials of $mu$ and $u$, scaled by the limiting ratio of the degrees of $p$ and $q$. Additionally, our approach provides a complete description of the limiting distribution for the zeros of $p+q$ for any pair of measures $mu$ and $u$, with different limiting behavior shown in the case when at least one of the measures fails to have a logarithmic moment.

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