Absolute continuity of the limiting eigenvalue distribution of the random Toeplitz matrix

Arnab Sen (University of Cambridge)
Balint Virag (University of Toronto)

Abstract


We show that the limiting eigenvalue distribution of random symmetric Toeplitz matrices is absolutely continuous with density bounded by 8, partially answering a question of Bryc, Dembo and Jiang (2006). The main tool used in the proof is a spectral averaging technique from the theory of random Schrödinger operators. The similar question for Hankel matrices remains open

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Pages: 706-711

Publication Date: November 20, 2011

DOI: 10.1214/ECP.v16-1675

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