Universality theorems for zeros of random real polynomials with fixed coefficients

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Auteurs principaux: King, Matthew C., Swaminathan, Ashvin
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author King, Matthew C.
Swaminathan, Ashvin
author_facet King, Matthew C.
Swaminathan, Ashvin
contents Consider a monic polynomial of degree $n$ whose subleading coefficients are independent, identically distributed, nondegenerate random variables having zero mean, unit variance, and finite moments of all orders, and let $m \geq 0$ be a fixed integer. We prove that such a random monic polynomial has exactly $m$ real zeros with probability $n^{-3/4+o(1)}$ as $n\to \infty$ through integers of the same parity as $m$. More generally, we determine conditions under which a similar asymptotic formula describes the corresponding probability for families of random real polynomials with multiple fixed coefficients. Our work extends well-known universality results of Dembo, Poonen, Shao, and Zeitouni, who considered the family of real polynomials with all coefficients random. As a number-theoretic consequence of these results, we deduce that an algebraic integer $α$ of degree $n$ has exactly $m$ real Galois conjugates with probability $n^{-3/4+o(1)}$, when such $α$ are ordered by the heights of their minimal polynomials.
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spellingShingle Universality theorems for zeros of random real polynomials with fixed coefficients
King, Matthew C.
Swaminathan, Ashvin
Probability
Number Theory
60G99, 12D10 (primary), 11R04, 11R09 (secondary)
Consider a monic polynomial of degree $n$ whose subleading coefficients are independent, identically distributed, nondegenerate random variables having zero mean, unit variance, and finite moments of all orders, and let $m \geq 0$ be a fixed integer. We prove that such a random monic polynomial has exactly $m$ real zeros with probability $n^{-3/4+o(1)}$ as $n\to \infty$ through integers of the same parity as $m$. More generally, we determine conditions under which a similar asymptotic formula describes the corresponding probability for families of random real polynomials with multiple fixed coefficients. Our work extends well-known universality results of Dembo, Poonen, Shao, and Zeitouni, who considered the family of real polynomials with all coefficients random. As a number-theoretic consequence of these results, we deduce that an algebraic integer $α$ of degree $n$ has exactly $m$ real Galois conjugates with probability $n^{-3/4+o(1)}$, when such $α$ are ordered by the heights of their minimal polynomials.
title Universality theorems for zeros of random real polynomials with fixed coefficients
topic Probability
Number Theory
60G99, 12D10 (primary), 11R04, 11R09 (secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02717