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We propose a second-order accurate method to estimate the eigenvectors of extremely large matrices thereby addressing a problem of relevance to statisticians working in the analysis of very large datasets. More specifically, we show that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-02-05 Noureddine El Karoui , Alexandre d'Aspremont

It has been demonstrated, using variational methods, that quantum vacuum energy gravitates according to the equivalence principle, at least for the finite Casimir energies associated with perfectly conducting parallel plates. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Kimball A Milton , Stephen A Fulling , Prachi Parashar , August Romeo , K V Shajesh , Jeffrey A Wagner

We consider $N\times N$ Hermitian random matrices with independent identically distributed entries (Wigner matrices). We assume that the distribution of the entries have a Gaussian component with variance $N^{-3/4+\beta}$ for some positive…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-04-05 Laszlo Erdos , Jose A. Ramirez , Benjamin Schlein , Horng-Tzer Yau

The principle of equivalence in gravitational physics and its mathematical base are reviewed. It is demonstrated how this principle can be realized in classical electrodynamis. In general, it is valid at any given single point or along a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Bozhidar Z. Iliev

This paper gives a rigorous proof of a conjectured statistical self-similarity property of the eigenvalues random matrices from the Circular Unitary Ensemble. We consider on the one hand the eigenvalues of an $n \times n$ CUE matrix, and on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-01-16 Elizabeth S. Meckes , Mark W. Meckes

This note presents some central limit theorems for the eigenvalue counting function of Wigner matrices in the form of suitable translations of results by Gustavsson and O'Rourke on the limiting behavior of eigenvalues inside the bulk of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-02-18 Sandrine Dallaporta

We consider small subsystems of large, closed quantum systems that evolve according to the von Neumann equation. Without approximations and without making any special assumptions on the form of the interaction we prove that, for almost all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-05-24 Christian Gogolin

We extend the proof of the local semicircle law for generalized Wigner matrices given in [4] to the case when the matrix of variances has an eigenvalue $ -1 $. In particular, this result provides a short proof of the optimal local…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-11-11 Oskari Ajanki , Laszlo Erdos , Torben Krüger

The statistics of gaps between quantum energy levels is a hallmark criterion in quantum chaos and quantum integrability studies. The relevant distributions corresponding to exactly integrable vs. fully chaotic systems are universal and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-27 Ben Craps , Marine De Clerck , Oleg Evnin , Maxim Pavlov

The eigenvalue distribution is investigated for matrix models related via the localization to Chern-Simons-matter theories. An integral representation of the planar resolvent is used to derive the positions of the branch points of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Takao Suyama

Wigner-positive quantum states have the peculiarity to admit a Wigner function that is a genuine probability distribution over phase space. The Shannon differential entropy of the Wigner function of such states -- called Wigner entropy for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Zacharie Van Herstraeten , Nicolas J. Cerf

The quantum mechanical expression relating two commuting operators is reformulated such that the power method (also called method of moments) for iteratively calculating eigenvalues and eigenvectors becomes applicable. The new iterative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 Wolfgang A. Berger

The standard argument for the validity of Einstein's equivalence principle in a non-relativistic quantum context involves the application of a mass superselection rule. It is surprising that the consistency between such an important…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-17 H. Hernandez-Coronado , E. Okon

Covariance matrices are a useful tool to investigate correlations and entanglement in quantum systems. They are widely used in continuous variable systems, but recently also for finite dimensional systems powerful entanglement criteria in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-22 Oleg Gittsovich , Otfried Gühne

We study the exchange coupling in small Wigner crystals confined to one-dimensional space. In particular we concentrate on the simplest nontrivial case of two electrons in a box potential and calculate analytically the energy splitting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-30 Daniele Lagasco , Zoran Ristivojevic

The real Hilbert space formalism developed within the quaternionic quantum mechanics ($\mathbb H$QM) is fully applied to the simple model of the autonomous particle. This framework permits novel insights within the usual description of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-23 Sergio Giardino

It is demonstrated that the canonical distribution for a subsystem of a closed system follows directly from the solution of the time-reversible Newtonian equation of motion in which the total energy is strictly conserved. It is shown that…

We study statistical properties of matrix elements of observables written in the energy eigenbasis and truncated to small microcanonical windows. We present numerical evidence indicating that for all few body operators in chaotic many-body…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-10 Jiaozi Wang , Jonas Richter , Mats H. Lamann , Robin Steinigeweg , Jochen Gemmer , Anatoly Dymarsky

Given a large real symmetric, positive semidefinite m-by-m matrix, the goal of this paper is to show how a numerical approximation of the entropy, given by the sum of the entropies of the individual eigenvalues, can be computed in an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-13 Thomas P. Wihler , Bänz Bessire , André Stefanov

Following E. Wigner's original vision, we prove that sampling the eigenvalue gaps within the bulk spectrum of a fixed (deformed) Wigner matrix $H$ yields the celebrated Wigner-Dyson-Mehta universal statistics with high probability.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Giorgio Cipolloni , László Erdős , Dominik Schröder