Logarithmic law of large random correlation matrices

DOI10.3150/23-BEJ1600arXiv2103.13900MaRDI QIDQ6178564FDOQ6178564

Authors: Nestor Parolya, Johannes Heiny, D. Kurowicka 

Publication date: 16 January 2024

Published in: Bernoulli (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider a random vector $mathbfy=mathbf{Sigma}^{1/2}mathbfx$, where the $p$ elements of the vector $mathbfx$ are i.i.d. real-valued random variables with zero mean and finite fourth moment, and $mathbf{Sigma}^{1/2}$ is a deterministic $pimesp$ matrix such that the spectral norm of the population correlation matrix $mathbfR$ of $mathbfy$ is uniformly bounded. In this paper, we find that the log determinant of the sample correlation matrix $hatmathbfR$ based on a sample of size $n$ from the distribution of $mathbfy$ satisfies a CLT (central limit theorem) for $p/nogammain(0,1]$ and $pleqn$. Explicit formulas for the asymptotic mean and variance are provided. In case the mean of $mathbfy$ is unknown, we show that after recentering by the empirical mean the obtained CLT holds with a shift in the asymptotic mean. This result is of independent interest in both large dimensional random matrix theory and high-dimensional statistical literature of large sample correlation matrices for non-normal data. At last, the obtained findings are applied for testing of uncorrelatedness of $p$ random variables. Surprisingly, in the null case $mathbfR=mathbfI$, the test statistic becomes completely pivotal and the extensive simulations show that the obtained CLT also holds if the moments of order four do not exist at all, which conjectures a promising and robust test statistic for heavy-tailed high-dimensional data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.13900

zbMATH Keywords

CLTrandom matrix theorydependent datasample correlation matrixlog determinantlarge-dimensional asymptotic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multivariate analysis (62Hxx) Probability theory on algebraic and topological structures (60Bxx) Limit theorems in probability theory (60Fxx)

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