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Abstract What is the expected number of roots of a polynomial whose coefficients are random? More generally, what is the expected number of zeros of a random one-variable function? The Kac-Rice formula is meant to answer such questions. This paper is an introduction to this less familiar formula and some of its one-dimensional applications.
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