Suppose $C_n$ is a product of $n$ $d\times d$ matrices with IID entries coming from standard normal. The following appears to be true. Is there an elementary proof?
$$E[\|C_n\|_F^2]=d^{n+1}$$
Expected norm of a product of Gaussian matrices
Yaroslav Bulatov
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