The expected order of a random unitary matrix

DOI10.1515/JGT.2008.029MaRDI QIDQ3516778zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Eric Schmutz

Publication date 11 August 2008

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609052

zbMATH Keywords

finite grouprandom matrixunitary groupunitary matrix

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices (15B57) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

Abstract: Let M=M(n,q) be the average of the orders of the elements in the finite unitary group U(n,q). The asymptotic estimate log(M)=nlog(q)-log(n) +o(log n) is proved.

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