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On asymptotic expansion and CLT of linear eigenvalue statistics for sample covariance matrices when $N/M\rightarrow0$

Probability 2011-11-16 v3

Abstract

We study the renormalized real sample covariance matrix H=XTX/MNM/NH=X^TX/\sqrt{MN}-\sqrt{M/N} with N/M0N/M\rightarrow0 as N,MN, M\rightarrow \infty in this paper. And we always assume M=M(N)M=M(N). Here X=[Xjk]M×NX=[X_{jk}]_{M\times N} is an M×NM\times N real random matrix with i.i.d entries, and we assume EX115+δ<\mathbb{E}|X_{11}|^{5+\delta}<\infty with some small positive δ\delta. The Stieltjes transform mN(z)=N1Tr(Hz)1m_N(z)=N^{-1}Tr(H-z)^{-1} and the linear eigenvalue statistics of HH are considered. We mainly focus on the asymptotic expansion of E{mN(z)}\mathbb{E}\{m_N(z)\} in this paper. Then for some fine test function, a central limit theorem for the linear eigenvalue statistics of HH is established. We show that the variance of the limiting normal distribution coincides with the case of a real Wigner matrix with Gaussian entries.

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@article{arxiv.1104.3470,
  title  = {On asymptotic expansion and CLT of linear eigenvalue statistics for sample covariance matrices when $N/M\rightarrow0$},
  author = {Zhigang Bao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.3470},
  year   = {2011}
}

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