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Large deviations for the largest eigenvalue of the sum of two random matrices

Probability 2018-11-27 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the addition of two matrices in generic position, namely A + U BU * , where U is drawn under the Haar measure on the unitary or the orthogonal group. We show that, under mild conditions on the empirical spectral measures of the deterministic matrices A and B, the law of the largest eigenvalue satisfies a large deviation principle, in the scale N, with an explicit rate function involving the limit of spherical integrals. We cover in particular all the cases when A and B have no outliers.

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@article{arxiv.1810.02538,
  title  = {Large deviations for the largest eigenvalue of the sum of two random matrices},
  author = {Alice Guionnet and Mylène Maïda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.02538},
  year   = {2018}
}
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