published on May 20, 2026
A dichotomy in the tail behaviour of quadratic Weyl sums
By Francesco Cellarosi
By Nina Snaith
Appears in collection : Chaire Jean-Morlet : Equation intégrable aux données initiales aléatoires / Jean-Morlet Chair : Integrable Equation with Random Initial Data
For 20 years we have known that average values of characteristic polynomials of random unitary matrices provide a good model for moments of the Riemann zeta function. Now we consider mixed moments of characteristic polynomials and their derivatives, calculations which are motivated by questions on the distribution of zeros of the derivative of the Riemann zeta function.