On the distribution of critical points of a polynomial
@article{ECP2040, author = {Sneha Subramanian}, title = {On the distribution of critical points of a polynomial}, journal = {Electron. Commun. Probab.}, fjournal = {Electronic Communications in Probability}, volume = {17}, year = {2012}, keywords = {critical points; random polynomials; Pemantle-Rivin conjecture}, abstract = {This paper proves that if points $Z_1,Z_2,...$ are chosen independently and identically using some measure $\mu$ from the unit circle in the complex plane, with $p_n(z) = (z-Z_1)(z-Z_2)...(z-Z_n)$, then the empirical distribution of the critical points of $p_n$ converges weakly to $\mu$.
}, pages = {no. 37, 1-9}, issn = {1083-589X}, doi = {10.1214/ECP.v17-2040}, url = {http://ecp.ejpecp.org/article/view/2040}}