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On the smallest singular value of the product of random and deterministic matrices

Probability 2026-07-07 v1

Abstract

Let A=(aij)A=(a_{ij}) be an n×nn\times n real-valued random matrix with independent, mean-zero, variance-one entries whose fourth moments are uniformly at most KK. Suppose that there exists κ(0,1)\kappa \in (0, 1) such that the entries of AA satisfy maxi,jsupuRP(aiju<1)κ. \max_{i,j}\sup_{u \in \mathbb{R}} \mathbb{P}(\lvert a_{ij} - u\rvert < 1) \le \kappa. We prove that there are constants c,C>0c,C>0, depending only on KK and κ\kappa, such that for every fixed invertible n×nn\times n matrix MM and every ε0\varepsilon\ge0, P!(smin(MA)εM1HS)Cε+ecn. \mathbb{P}!\left(s_{\min}(MA) \le \frac{\varepsilon}{\lVert M^{-1}\rVert_{\mathrm{HS}}}\right) \le C\varepsilon + e^{-cn}. In the Gaussian case, we also show that the above estimate is sharp in the sense that E[smin(MA)]M1HS1.\mathbb{E}[s_{\min}(MA)]\asymp \lVert M^{-1}\rVert_{\mathrm{HS}}^{-1}.

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@article{arxiv.2607.06785,
  title  = {On the smallest singular value of the product of random and deterministic matrices},
  author = {Brayden Letwin and Achintya Raya Polavarapu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06785},
  year   = {2026}
}

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