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Spectral properties of high dimensional rescaled sample correlation matrices

Statistics Theory 2024-08-30 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

High-dimensional sample correlation matrices are a crucial class of random matrices in multivariate statistical analysis. The central limit theorem (CLT) provides a theoretical foundation for statistical inference. In this paper, assuming that the data dimension increases proportionally with the sample size, we derive the limiting spectral distribution of the matrix R^nM\widehat{\mathbf{R}}_n\mathbf{M} and establish the CLTs for the linear spectral statistics (LSS) of R^nM\widehat{\mathbf{R}}_n\mathbf{M} in two structures: linear independent component structure and elliptical structure. In contrast to existing literature, our proposed spectral properties do not require M\mathbf{M} to be an identity matrix. Moreover, we also derive the joint limiting distribution of LSSs of R^nM1,,R^nMK\widehat{\mathbf{R}}_n \mathbf{M}_1,\ldots,\widehat{\mathbf{R}}_n \mathbf{M}_K. As an illustration, an application is given for the CLT.

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@article{arxiv.2408.09173,
  title  = {Spectral properties of high dimensional rescaled sample correlation matrices},
  author = {Weijiang Chen and Shurong Zheng and Tingting Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.09173},
  year   = {2024}
}
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