Real zeros of a random polynomial with Legendre elements

The Real Zeros of a Random Polynomial with Dependent Coefficients

Abstract. Mark Kac gave one of the first results analyzing random polynomial zeros. He considered the case of independent standard normal coefficients and was able to show that the expected number of real zeros for a degree n polynomial is on the order of 2 π logn, as n → ∞. Several years later, Sambandham considered two cases with some dependence assumed among the coefficients. The first case ...

Real Zeros of Random Algebraic Polynomials with Binomial Elements

This paper provides an asymptotic estimate for the expected number of real zeros of a random algebraic polynomial a0 + a1x + a2x + ···+ an−1xn−1. The coefficients aj ( j = 0,1,2, . . . ,n− 1) are assumed to be independent normal random variables withmean zero. For integers m and k = O(logn)2 the variances of the coefficients are assumed to have nonidentical value var(aj) = ( k−1 j−ik ) , where ...

Mean Number of Real Zeros of a Random Hyperbolic Polynomial

Consider the random hyperbolic polynomial, f(x) = 1a1 coshx+···+np × an coshnx, in which n and p are integers such that n ≥ 2, p ≥ 0, and the coefficients ak(k = 1,2, . . . ,n) are independent, standard normally distributed random variables. If νnp is the mean number of real zeros of f(x), then we prove that νnp = π−1 logn+ O{(logn)1/2}.

How many zeros of a random polynomial are real?

Abstract. We provide an elementary geometric derivation of the Kac integral formula for the expected number of real zeros of a random polynomial with independent standard normally distributed coefficients. We show that the expected number of real zeros is simply the length of the moment curve (1, t, . . . , tn) projected onto the surface of the unit sphere, divided by π. The probability density...

The Zeros of a Random Polynomial