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The Expected Norm of a Sum of Independent Random Matrices: An Elementary Approach

Joel A. Tropp

arxiv:1506.04711 v2 · 2015-06-15 · math.PR · math.ST · stat.TH

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arxiv: 1506.04711 · arxiv_version: 1506.04711v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1506.04711 · pith_short_12: T3DVK34XT2RC · pith_short_16: T3DVK34XT2RC45I5 · pith_short_8: T3DVK34X
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