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Local laws and spectral properties of deformed sparse random matrices

Probability 2026-04-30 v3

Abstract

We consider deformed sparse random matrices of the form H=W+λVH= W+ \lambda V, where WW is a real symmetric sparse random matrix, VV is a random or deterministic, real, diagonal matrix whose entries are independent of WW, and λ=O(1)\lambda = O(1) is a coupling constant. Under mild assumptions on the matrix entries of WW and VV, we prove local laws for HH that compare the empirical spectral measure of it with a refined version of the deformed semicircle law. By applying the local laws, we also prove several spectral properties of HH, including the rigidity of the eigenvalues and the asymptotic normality of the extremal eigenvalues.

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@article{arxiv.2507.02298,
  title  = {Local laws and spectral properties of deformed sparse random matrices},
  author = {Ji Oon Lee and Inyoung Yeo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.02298},
  year   = {2026}
}

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