Random matrices: The distribution of the smallest singular values

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 260-297

  Tao, Terence ^a   Vu, Van ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition number; Distribution; Least singular value; Random matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952883804     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-010-0057-8     Document Type: Article

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