2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94959We review elementary properties of random matrices and discuss widely used mathematical methods for both hermitian and nonhermitian random matrix ensembles. Applications to a wide range of physics problems are summarized. This paper originally appeared as an article in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.Article orignally published in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Supplement 1 (2001). Latex, 32 pagesHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext