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Small deviation estimates for the largest eigenvalue of Wigner matrices

Probability 2022-04-04 v2 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

We establish precise right-tail small deviation estimates for the largest eigenvalue of real symmetric and complex Hermitian matrices whose entries are independent random variables with uniformly bounded moments. The proof relies on a Green function comparison along a continuous interpolating matrix flow for a long time. Less precise estimates are also obtained in the left tail.

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@article{arxiv.2112.12093,
  title  = {Small deviation estimates for the largest eigenvalue of Wigner matrices},
  author = {László Erdős and Yuanyuan Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.12093},
  year   = {2022}
}

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