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On random matrices with large corank

Probability 2025-10-16 v1

Abstract

Let 1kn1\le k\le n and MM be a random n×nn\times n matrix with independent uniformly random {±1}\{\pm 1\}-entries. We show that there exists an absolute constant c>0c > 0 such that P[rank(M)nk]exp(cnk).\mathbf{P}[\operatorname{rank}(M)\le n-k]\le \exp(-c nk).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.12933,
  title  = {On random matrices with large corank},
  author = {Zach Hunter and Matthew Kwan and Lisa Sauermann and Mehtaab Sawhney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.12933},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages

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