RUS  ENG
Full version
JOURNALS // Teoriya Veroyatnostei i ee Primeneniya // Archive

Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 1971 Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 495–503 (Mi tvp2262)

This article is cited in 32 papers

On the expected number of real zeros of random polynomials. II. Coefficients with non-zero means

I. A. Ibragimov, N. B. Maslova

Leningrad

Abstract: Let $\xi_j$, $j=0,1\dots,$ be independent identically distributed random variables with $\mathbf E\xi_j\ne0$ belonging to the domain of attraction of the normal law.
The main result is the following relation:
$$ \mathbf E\{N_n\mid Q_n(x)\not\equiv0\}\sim\frac1\pi\ln n\quad(n\to\infty) $$
where $Q_n(x)=\sum_{j=0}^n\xi_jx^j$ and $N_n$ is the number of real roots of $Q_n$.

Received: 10.11.1969


 English version:
Theory of Probability and its Applications, 1971, 16:3, 485–493

Bibliographic databases:


© Steklov Math. Inst. of RAS, 2025