Mobility Edge for L\'evy Matrices

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Authors Amol Aggarwal, Charles Bordenave, Patrick Lopatto

Publication date 17 October 2022

Abstract: L'evy matrices are symmetric random matrices whose entry distributions lie in the domain of attraction of an $alpha$-stable law. For $alpha<1$, predictions from the physics literature suggest that high-dimensional L'{e}vy matrices should display the following phase transition at a point $E_{mathrmmob}$. Eigenvectors corresponding to eigenvalues in $(-E_{mathrmmob},E_{mathrmmob})$ should be delocalized, while eigenvectors corresponding to eigenvalues outside of this interval should be localized. Further, $E_{mathrmmob}$ is given by the (presumably unique) positive solution to $lambda(E,alpha)=1$, where $lambda$ is an explicit function of $E$ and $alpha$. We prove the following results about high-dimensional L'{e}vy matrices. (1) If $lambda(E,alpha)>1$ then eigenvectors with eigenvalues near $E$ are delocalized. (2) If $E$ is in the connected components of the set $$ containing $pminfty$, then eigenvectors with eigenvalues near $E$ are localized. (3) For $alpha$ sufficiently near $0$ or $1$, there is a unique positive solution $E=E_{mathrmmob}$ to $lambda(E,alpha)=1$, demonstrating the existence of a (unique) phase transition. (a) If $alpha$ is close to $0$, then $E_{mathrmmob}$ scales approximately as $|logalpha{|}^{-2/alpha}$. (b) If $alpha$ is close to $1$, then $E_{mathrmmob}$ scales as $(1-alpha{)}^{-1}$. Our proofs proceed through an analysis of the local weak limit of a L'{e}vy matrix, given by a certain infinite-dimensional, heavy-tailed operator on the Poisson weighted infinite tree.

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