Product of Ginibre matrices: Fuss-Catalan and Raney distributions

Squared singular values of a product of s square random Ginibre matrices are asymptotically characterized by probability distribution P_s(x), such that their moments are equal to the Fuss-Catalan numbers or order s. We find a representation of the Fuss--Catalan distributions P_s(x) in terms of a combination of s hypergeometric functions of the type sF_{s-1}. The explicit formula derived here is exact for an arbitrary positive integer s and for s=1 it reduces to the Marchenko--Pastur distribution. Using similar techniques, involving Mellin transform and the Meijer G-function, we find exact expressions for the Raney probability distributions, the moments of which are given by a two parameter generalization of the Fuss-Catalan numbers. These distributions can also be considered as a two parameter generalization of the Wigner semicircle law.Comment: 10 pages including 7 figures, minor changes, figures improve

Coherent States from Combinatorial Sequences

We construct coherent states using sequences of combinatorial numbers such as various binomial and trinomial numbers, and Bell and Catalan numbers. We show that these states satisfy the condition of the resolution of unity in a natural way. In each case the positive weight functions are given as solutions of associated Stieltjes or Hausdorff moment problems, where the moments are the combinatorial numbers.Comment: 4 pages, Latex; Conference 'Quantum Theory and Symmetries 2', Krakow, Poland, July 200

Densities of the Raney distributions

We prove that if $p\ge 1$ and $0< r\le p$ then the sequence $\binom{mp+r}{m}\frac{r}{mp+r}$, $m=0,1,2,...$, is positive definite, more precisely, is the moment sequence of a probability measure $\mu(p,r)$ with compact support contained in $[0,+\infty)$. This family of measures encompasses the multiplicative free powers of the Marchenko-Pastur distribution as well as the Wigner's semicircle distribution centered at $x=2$. We show that if $p>1$ is a rational number, $0<r\le p$, then $\mu(p,r)$ is absolutely continuous and its density $W_{p,r}(x)$ can be expressed in terms of the Meijer and the generalized hypergeometric functions. In some cases, including the multiplicative free square and the multiplicative free square root of the Marchenko-Pastur measure, $W_{p,r}(x)$ turns out to be an elementary function

Representations of Monomiality Principle with Sheffer-type Polynomials and Boson Normal Ordering

We construct explicit representations of the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra [P,M]=1 in terms of ladder operators acting in the space of Sheffer-type polynomials. Thus we establish a link between the monomiality principle and the umbral calculus. We use certain operator identities which allow one to evaluate explicitly special boson matrix elements between the coherent states. This yields a general demonstration of boson normal ordering of operator functions linear in either creation or annihilation operators. We indicate possible applications of these methods in other fields.Comment: 9 page