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How many zeros of a random polynomial are real?

Author(s): Alan Edelman; Eric Kostlan
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1995), 1-37.
MSC (1991): Primary 34F05; Secondary 30B20
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00571-9
PII: S 0273-0979(1995)00571-9