title: Real symmetric random matrices and replicas.
abstract: Various ensembles of random matrices with independent entries are analyzed by the replica formalism in the large- N limit. A result on the Laplacian random matrix with Wigner-rescaling is generalized to arbitrary probability distribution.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7A, 43100 Parma, Italy. cicuta@fis.unipr.it
authors.forename: Giovanni M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cicuta
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orland