Smallest singular value of random matrices and geometry of random polytopes

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 491-523

  Litvak, Alexandr E ^a   Pajor, Alalin ^b   Rudelson, M ^c   Tomczak Jaegermann, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UFR des Sciences et Technologie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviation inequalities; Random matrices; Random polytopes; Singular values

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644382839     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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