Carlo Beenakker

Leiden, The Netherlands

http://ilorentz.org/beenakker

physicist at Leiden University

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Correspondence between eigenvalue distributions of random unitary and random orthogonal matrices

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Implications of the disproof of the "climb-to-a-prime" conjecture

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Uniquely reconstruct a matrix $M$ from its inverse $M^{-1}$ if $n$ elements of $M^{-1}$ are unknown and $n$ elements of $M$ are given

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Symbolic sum of Stirling numbers gives wrong answer

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Why is $-\int_{-\infty}^\infty \log\left[1+2f'(x)(1-\cos\phi)\right]\,dx$ equal to $\phi^2$?

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Counting eigenvalues without diagonalizing a matrix

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Correspondence between eigenvalue distributions of random unitary and random orthogonal matrices

Symbolic integration error

Why did I learn to write the base of the logarithm differently from the rest of the world?

Who is Mrs. Gerber?

Implications of the disproof of the "climb-to-a-prime" conjecture

Uniquely reconstruct a matrix $M$ from its inverse $M^{-1}$ if $n$ elements of $M^{-1}$ are unknown and $n$ elements of $M$ are given

Symbolic sum of Stirling numbers gives wrong answer

Fourier transform inconsistency

Why is $-\int_{-\infty}^\infty \log\left[1+2f'(x)(1-\cos\phi)\right]\,dx$ equal to $\phi^2$?

Counting eigenvalues without diagonalizing a matrix