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Large deviations of the maximum eigenvalue for wishart and Gaussian random matrices.

Satya N Majumdar1, Massimo Vergassola

  • 1Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (UMR 8626 du CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 100, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.

Physical Review Letters
|March 5, 2009
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We developed a Coulomb gas method to analytically calculate rare event probabilities for random matrix maximum eigenvalues. This provides insights into data compression techniques like principal components analysis.

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Area of Science:

  • Random Matrix Theory
  • Statistical Physics
  • Data Analysis

Background:

  • Understanding extreme eigenvalue behavior is crucial for data analysis.
  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA) relies on eigenvalue distributions.
  • Analytical methods for rare events in random matrices are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an analytical method for calculating rare event probabilities of maximum eigenvalues in random matrices.
  • To compute the large deviation function for Wishart and Gaussian ensembles.
  • To explore the applicability of the method to related problems, including joint large deviations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a Coulomb gas method for analytical calculations.
  • Computed the large deviation function explicitly for specific random matrix ensembles.
  • Applied the method to analyze large fluctuations of top eigenvalues.

Main Results:

  • Derived an analytical Coulomb gas method for rare eigenvalue events.
  • Explicitly computed the large deviation function for Wishart and Gaussian ensembles.
  • Demonstrated the method's generality for related problems and verified predictions numerically.

Conclusions:

  • The Coulomb gas method provides an effective analytical tool for studying extreme eigenvalue statistics.
  • The findings have direct implications for understanding and improving data compression techniques like PCA.
  • The method offers a pathway for analyzing complex large deviation phenomena in random matrix theory.