The limit empirical spectral distribution of complex matrix polynomials

Abstract

We study the empirical spectral distribution (ESD) for complex n x n matrix polynomials of degree k. We obtain exact formulae for the almost sure limit of the ESD in two distinct scenarios: (1) n -> \infty with k constant and (2) k -> \infty with n bounded by O(k^P) for some P>0. The main tools used are the logarithmic potential of some measure related to the matrix polynomial, and some classical estimates on the singular values of full random matrices with i.i.d. entries.