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Condition numbers for real eigenvalues in the real Elliptic Gaussian ensemble

Mathematical Physics 2020-11-17 v2 math.MP Probability

Abstract

We study the distribution of the eigenvalue condition numbers κi=(lili)(riri)\kappa_i=\sqrt{ (\mathbf{l}_i^* \mathbf{l}_i)(\mathbf{r}_i^* \mathbf{r}_i)} associated with real eigenvalues λi\lambda_i of partially asymmetric N×NN\times N random matrices from the real Elliptic Gaussian ensemble. The large values of κi\kappa_i signal the non-orthogonality of the (bi-orthogonal) set of left li\mathbf{l}_i and right ri\mathbf{r}_i eigenvectors and enhanced sensitivity of the associated eigenvalues against perturbations of the matrix entries. We derive the general finite NN expression for the joint density function(JDF) PN(z,t){\cal P}_N(z,t) of t=κi21t=\kappa_i^2-1 and λi\lambda_i taking value zz, and investigate its several scaling regimes in the limit NN\to \infty. When the degree of asymmetry is fixed as NN\to \infty, the number of real eigenvalues is O(N)O(\sqrt{N}), and in the bulk of the real spectrum ti=O(N)t_i=O(N), while on approaching the spectral edges the non-orthogonality is weaker: ti=O(N)t_i=O(\sqrt{N}). In both cases the corresponding JDFs, after appropriate rescaling, coincide with those found in the earlier studied case of fully asymmetric (Ginibre) matrices. A different regime of weak asymmetry arises when a finite fraction of NN eigenvalues remain real as NN\to \infty. In such a regime eigenvectors are weakly non-orthogonal, t=O(1)t=O(1), and we derive the associated JDF, finding that the characteristic tail P(z,t)t2{\cal P}(z,t)\sim t^{-2} survives for arbitrary weak asymmetry. As such, it is the most robust feature of the condition number density for real eigenvalues of asymmetric matrices.

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@article{arxiv.1910.09204,
  title  = {Condition numbers for real eigenvalues in the real Elliptic Gaussian ensemble},
  author = {Yan V. Fyodorov and Wojciech Tarnowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09204},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

20 pages, 2 figures; to appear in Annales Henri Poincare

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