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Stein's method, heat kernel, and traces of powers of elements of compact Lie groups

Probability 2010-05-11 v1 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

Combining Stein's method with heat kernel techniques, we show that the trace of the jth power of an element of U(n,C), USp(n,C) or SO(n,R) has a normal limit with error term of order j/n. In contrast to previous works, here j may be growing with n. The technique should prove useful in the study of the value distribution of approximate eigenfunctions of Laplacians.

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@article{arxiv.1005.1306,
  title  = {Stein's method, heat kernel, and traces of powers of elements of compact Lie groups},
  author = {Jason Fulman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1306},
  year   = {2010}
}

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