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Quantitative Tracy-Widom laws for sparse random matrices

Probability 2025-07-28 v1

Abstract

We consider the fluctuations of the largest eigenvalue of sparse random matrices, the class of random matrices that includes the normalized adjacency matrices of the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi graph G(N,p)G(N, p). We show that the fluctuations of the largest eigenvalue converge to the Tracy-Widom law at a rate almost O(N1/3+p2N4/3)O(N^{-1/3 } + p^{-2} N^{-4/3}) in the regime pN2/3p \gg N^{-2/3 }. Our proof builds upon the Green function comparison method initiated by Erd\H{o}s, Yau, and Yin [22]. To show a Green function comparison theorem for fine spectral scales, we implement algorithms for symbolic computations involving averaged products of Green function entries.

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@article{arxiv.2507.19340,
  title  = {Quantitative Tracy-Widom laws for sparse random matrices},
  author = {Teodor Bucht and Kevin Schnelli and Yuanyuan Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.19340},
  year   = {2025}
}

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48 pages

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