The complex zeros of random polynomials
Authors:
Larry A. Shepp and Robert J. Vanderbei
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 347 (1995), 4365-4384
MSC:
Primary 30C15; Secondary 60G99
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1995-1308023-8
MathSciNet review:
1308023
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Abstract: Mark Kac gave an explicit formula for the expectation of the number, , of zeros of a random polynomial,












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DOI:
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