The Asymptotic Infinitesimal Distribution of a Real Wishart Random Matrix
Probability
2025-07-30 v2 Combinatorics
Operator Algebras
Abstract
Let be a real Wishart random matrix with aspect ratio . The limit eigenvalue distribution of is the Marchenko-Pastur law with parameter . The limit moments are given by where the sum runs over . Let be the limit of . These are the asymptotic infinitesimal moments of a real Wishart matrix. We show that can be written as a sum over planar diagrams with two terms, , and , where is a set of non-crossing annular permutations satisfying a symmetry condition. Moreover we present a recursion formula for the second term which is related to one for higher order freeness.
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@article{arxiv.2112.15231,
title = {The Asymptotic Infinitesimal Distribution of a Real Wishart Random Matrix},
author = {James A. Mingo and Josue Vazquez-Becerra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.15231},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
36 pages, updated the references, added some comments, main results unchanged