Random reverse-cyclic matrices and screened harmonic oscillator

Shashi C L Srivastava1, Sudhir R Jain

  • 1RIB Group, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF Bidhan nagar, Kolkata 700 064, India. shashi@vecc.gov.in

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