A note on the complex roots of complex random polynomials

Abstract By using the technique proposed in Ibragimov and Zeitouni, [(1997), Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 349, 2427–2441], we derive an exact formula for the mean number of complex roots of a complex random polynomial. The explicit evaluation of the average density is obtained in the case of multivariate normal coefficients and its correspondence with the early Hammersley result is shown.