May 18 – 22, 2026
Virginia Tech
America/New_York timezone

Spectral density estimation for random matrices

May 21, 2026, 11:00 AM
25m
McBryde Hall 129

McBryde Hall 129

Minisymposium Talk Polynomials, Krylov Methods and Applications Polynomials, Krylov Methods and Applications

Speaker

Charbel Abi Younes (University of Washington)

Description

We introduce a new approach for estimating the asymptotic spectral distribution (ASD) of a random matrix using a single, sufficiently high-dimensional sample, without computing the full spectrum. The method builds on the Lanczos algorithm, together with asymptotic analysis and perturbation theory for orthogonal polynomials, and enables efficient and accurate estimation of the ASD. We illustrate the approach through an application to spectral density estimation in spiked covariance models.

Authors

Charbel Abi Younes (University of Washington) Dr Thomas Trogdon (University of Washington) Dr Xiucai Ding (UC Davis)

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