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arxiv: 1409.2034 · v2 · pith:E6Q4K2RSnew · submitted 2014-09-06 · 🧮 math.PR · math.CO· math.NT

Double roots of random Littlewood polynomials

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We consider random polynomials whose coefficients are independent and uniform on {-1,1}. We prove that the probability that such a polynomial of degree n has a double root is o(n^{-2}) when n+1 is not divisible by 4 and asymptotic to $\frac{8\sqrt{3}}{\pi n^2}$ otherwise. This result is a corollary of a more general theorem that we prove concerning random polynomials with independent, identically distributed coefficients having a distribution which is supported on { -1, 0, 1} and whose largest atom is strictly less than 1/\sqrt{3}. In this general case, we prove that the probability of having a double root equals the probability that either -1, 0 or 1 are double roots up to an o(n^{-2}) factor and we find the asymptotics of the latter probability.

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