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Local semicircle law for random regular graphs

Probability 2019-08-21 v5 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

We consider random dd-regular graphs on NN vertices, with degree dd at least (logN)4(\log N)^4. We prove that the Green's function of the adjacency matrix and the Stieltjes transform of its empirical spectral measure are well approximated by Wigner's semicircle law, down to the optimal scale given by the typical eigenvalue spacing (up to a logarithmic correction). Aside from well-known consequences for the local eigenvalue distribution, this result implies the complete (isotropic) delocalization of all eigenvectors and a probabilistic version of quantum unique ergodicity.

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@article{arxiv.1503.08702,
  title  = {Local semicircle law for random regular graphs},
  author = {Roland Bauerschmidt and Antti Knowles and Horng-Tzer Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.08702},
  year   = {2019}
}
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