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 . We show that the fluctuations of the largest eigenvalue converge to the Tracy-Widom law at a rate almost in the regime . 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