Images of eigenvalue distributions under power maps

dc.creatorRains, Eric M.
dc.date2000-08-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:36:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:36:44Z
dc.descriptionIn [earlier work by the author], it was shown that if U is a random n x n unitary matrix, then for any p>=n, the eigenvalues of U^p are i.i.d. uniform; similar results were also shown for general compact Lie groups. We study what happens when p<n instead. For the classical groups, we find that we can describe the eigenvalue distribution of U^p in terms of the eigenvalue distributions of smaller classical groups; the earlier result is then a special case. The proofs rely on the fact that a certain subgroup of the Weyl group is itself a Weyl group. We generalize this fact, and use it to study the power-map problem for general compact Lie groups.
dc.description15 pages, LaTeX (multicol, AMS macros)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0008079
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0008079
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/59708
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subject15A52 (22E99 60B15)
dc.titleImages of eigenvalue distributions under power maps
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