Random matrices: Law of the determinant

Annals of Probability

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-167

  Nguyen, Hoi H ^a   Vu, Van ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Random determinant; Random matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893170063     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-AOP791     Document Type: Article

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