Freezing Transition, Characteristic Polynomials of Random Matrices, and the Riemann Zeta Function
Freezing Transition, Characteristic Polynomials of Random Matrices, and the Riemann Zeta Function
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.108.170601
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发表时间:
2012-04-26
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Keating, Jonathan P.
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作者:
Fyodorov, Yan V.;Hiary, Ghaith A.;Keating, Jonathan P.
We argue that the freezing transition scenario, previously explored in the statistical mechanics of 1/f-noise random energy models, also determines the value distribution of the maximum of the modulus of the characteristic polynomials of large N x N random unitary matrices. We postulate that our results extend to the extreme values taken by the Riemann zeta function zeta(s) over sections of the critical line s 1/2 + it of constant length and present the results of numerical computations in support. Our main purpose is to draw attention to possible connections between the statistical mechanics of random energy landscapes, random-matrix theory, and the theory of the Riemann zeta function.