Random Matrices: High Dimensional Phenomena (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521133128)

This book focuses on the behavior of large random matrices. Standard results are covered, and the presentation emphasizes elementary operator theory and differential equations, so as to be accessible to graduate students and other non-experts. The introductory chapters review material on Lie groups and probability measures in a style suitable for applications in random matrix theory. Later chapters use modern convexity theory to establish subtle results about the convergence of eigenvalue distributions as the size of the matrices increases. Random matrices are viewed as geometrical objects with large dimension. The book analyzes the concentration of measure phenomenon, which describes how measures behave on geometrical objects with large dimension. To prove such results for random matrices, the book develops the modern theory of optimal transportation and proves the associated functional inequalities involving entropy and information. These include the logarithmic Sobolev inequality, which measures how fast some physical systems converge to equilibrium.

Author: Gordon Blower
ISBN-10: 0521133122
ISBN-13: 9780521133128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2009
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d