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The eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) parameters of the second order statistics are ubiquitous in statistical analysis and signal processing. Notably, the EVD of robust scatter $M$-estimators is a popular choice to perform robust probabilistic…
Covariance matrix of heights measured relative to the average height of a growing self-affine surface in the steady state are investigated in the framework of random matrix theory. We show that the spectral density of the covariance matrix…
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