Let U be a Haar distributed unitary matrix in U(n)or O(n). We show that after centering the double index process $$ W^{(n)} (s,t) = sum_{i leq lfloor ns rfloor, j leq lfloor ntrfloor} |U_{ij}|^2 $$ converges in distribution to the bivariate tied-down Brownian bridge. The proof relies on the notion of second order freeness.
Let $U$ be a Haar distributed matrix in $mathbb U(n)$ or $mathbb O (n)$. In a previous paper, we proved that after centering, the two-parameter process [T^{(n)} (s,t) = sum_{i leq lfloor ns rfloor, j leq lfloor ntrfloor} |U_{ij}|^2] converges in distribution to the bivariate tied-down Brownian bridge. In the present paper, we replace the deterministic truncation of $U$ by a random one, where each row (resp. column) is chosen with probability $s$ (resp. $t$) independently. We prove that the corresponding two-parameter process, after centering and normalization by $n^{-1/2}$ converges to a Gaussian process. On the way we meet other interesting convergences.
In this paper we study fluctuations of extreme particles of nonintersecting Brownian bridges starting from $a_1leq a_2leq cdots leq a_n$ at time $t=0$ and ending at $b_1leq b_2leq cdotsleq b_n$ at time $t=1$, where $mu_{A_n}=(1/n)sum_{i}delta_{a_i}, mu_{B_n}=(1/n)sum_i delta_{b_i}$ are discretization of probability measures $mu_A, mu_B$. Under regularity assumptions of $mu_A, mu_B$, we show as the number of particles $n$ goes to infinity, fluctuations of extreme particles at any time $0<t<1$, after proper rescaling, are asymptotically universal, converging to the Airy point process.
We consider the empirical eigenvalue distribution of an $mtimes m$ principal submatrix of an $ntimes n$ random unitary matrix distributed according to Haar measure. For $n$ and $m$ large with $frac{m}{n}=alpha$, the empirical spectral measure is well-approximated by a deterministic measure $mu_alpha$ supported on the unit disc. In earlier work, we showed that for fixed $n$ and $m$, the bounded-Lipschitz distance between the empirical spectral measure and the corresponding $mu_alpha$ is typically of order $sqrt{frac{log(m)}{m}}$ or smaller. In this paper, we consider eigenvalues on a microscopic scale, proving concentration inequalities for the eigenvalue counting function and for individual bulk eigenvalues.
We consider the empirical eigenvalue distribution of an $mtimes m$ principle submatrix of an $ntimes n$ random unitary matrix distributed according to Haar measure. Earlier work of Petz and Reffy identified the limiting spectral measure if $frac{m}{n}toalpha$, as $ntoinfty$; under suitable scaling, the family ${mu_alpha}_{alphain(0,1)}$ of limiting measures interpolates between uniform measure on the unit disc (for small $alpha$) and uniform measure on the unit circle (as $alphato1$). In this note, we prove an explicit concentration inequality which shows that for fixed $n$ and $m$, the bounded-Lipschitz distance between the empirical spectral measure and the corresponding $mu_alpha$ is typically of order $sqrt{frac{log(m)}{m}}$ or smaller. The approach is via the theory of two-dimensional Coulomb gases and makes use of a new Coulomb transport inequality due to Chafai, Hardy, and Maida.
We show that the squared maximal height of the top path among $N$ non-intersecting Brownian bridges starting and ending at the origin is distributed as the top eigenvalue of a random matrix drawn from the Laguerre Orthogonal Ensemble. This result can be thought of as a discrete version of K. Johanssons result that the supremum of the Airy$_2$ process minus a parabola has the Tracy-Widom GOE distribution, and as such it provides an explanation for how this distribution arises in models belonging to the KPZ universality class with flat initial data. The result can be recast in terms of the probability that the top curve of the stationary Dyson Brownian motion hits an hyperbolic cosine barrier.