The theory of random matrices plays an important role in many areas of pure mathematics and employs a variety of sophisticated mathematical tools (analytical, probabilistic and combinatorial). This diverse array of tools, while attesting to the vitality of the field, presents several formidable obstacles to the newcomer, and even the expert probabilist. This rigorous introduction to the basic theory is sufficiently self-contained to be accessible to graduate students in mathematics or related sciences, who have mastered probability theory at the graduate level, but have not necessarily been exposed to advanced notions of functional analysis, algebra or geometry. Useful background material is collected in the appendices and exercises are also included throughout to test the reader's understanding. Enumerative techniques, stochastic analysis, large deviations, concentration inequalities, disintegration and Lie algebras all are introduced in the text, which will enable readers to approach the research literature with confidence.

Author: Greg W. Anderson, Alice Guionnet, Ofer Zeitouni
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/21/2009
Series: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics (Hardcover) #118
Pages: 508
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780521194525


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 281

About the Author
Anderson, Greg W.: - Greg W. Anderson is Professor in the School of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota.Zeitouni, Ofer: - Ofer Zeitouni is Professor of Mathematics at both the University of Minnesota and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.Guionnet, Alice: - Alice Guionnet is Director of Research at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).