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Around the circular law
These expository notes are centered around the circular law theorem, which
states that the empirical spectral distribution of a nxn random matrix with
i.i.d. entries of variance 1/n tends to the uniform law on the unit disc of the
complex plane as the dimension tends to infinity. This phenomenon is the
non-Hermitian counterpart of the semi circular limit for Wigner random
Hermitian matrices, and the quarter circular limit for Marchenko-Pastur random
covariance matrices. We present a proof in a Gaussian case, due to Silverstein,
based on a formula by Ginibre, and a proof of the universal case by revisiting
the approach of Tao and Vu, based on the Hermitization of Girko, the
logarithmic potential, and the control of the small singular values. Beyond the
finite variance model, we also consider the case where the entries have heavy
tails, by using the objective method of Aldous and Steele borrowed from
randomized combinatorial optimization. The limiting law is then no longer the
circular law and is related to the Poisson weighted infinite tree. We provide a
weak control of the smallest singular value under weak assumptions, using
asymptotic geometric analysis tools. We also develop a quaternionic
Cauchy-Stieltjes transform borrowed from the Physics literature.Comment: Added: one reference and few comment
Stratification Trees for Adaptive Randomization in Randomized Controlled Trials
This paper proposes an adaptive randomization procedure for two-stage
randomized controlled trials. The method uses data from a first-wave experiment
in order to determine how to stratify in a second wave of the experiment, where
the objective is to minimize the variance of an estimator for the average
treatment effect (ATE). We consider selection from a class of stratified
randomization procedures which we call stratification trees: these are
procedures whose strata can be represented as decision trees, with differing
treatment assignment probabilities across strata. By using the first wave to
estimate a stratification tree, we simultaneously select which covariates to
use for stratification, how to stratify over these covariates, as well as the
assignment probabilities within these strata. Our main result shows that using
this randomization procedure with an appropriate estimator results in an
asymptotic variance which is minimal in the class of stratification trees.
Moreover, the results we present are able to accommodate a large class of
assignment mechanisms within strata, including stratified block randomization.
In a simulation study, we find that our method, paired with an appropriate
cross-validation procedure ,can improve on ad-hoc choices of stratification. We
conclude by applying our method to the study in Karlan and Wood (2017), where
we estimate stratification trees using the first wave of their experiment
Keyframe-based monocular SLAM: design, survey, and future directions
Extensive research in the field of monocular SLAM for the past fifteen years
has yielded workable systems that found their way into various applications in
robotics and augmented reality. Although filter-based monocular SLAM systems
were common at some time, the more efficient keyframe-based solutions are
becoming the de facto methodology for building a monocular SLAM system. The
objective of this paper is threefold: first, the paper serves as a guideline
for people seeking to design their own monocular SLAM according to specific
environmental constraints. Second, it presents a survey that covers the various
keyframe-based monocular SLAM systems in the literature, detailing the
components of their implementation, and critically assessing the specific
strategies made in each proposed solution. Third, the paper provides insight
into the direction of future research in this field, to address the major
limitations still facing monocular SLAM; namely, in the issues of illumination
changes, initialization, highly dynamic motion, poorly textured scenes,
repetitive textures, map maintenance, and failure recovery
Isometric embedding of a weighted Fermat-Frechet multitree for isoperimetric deformations of the boundary of a simplex to a Frechet multisimplex in the -Space
In this paper, we study the weighted Fermat-Frechet problem for a tuple of positive real numbers determining -simplexes in the
dimensional -Space (-dimensional Euclidean space if
the -dimensional open hemisphere of radius
() if and the Lobachevsky space
of constant curvature if ). The (weighted)
Fermat-Frechet problem is a new generalization of the (weighted) Fermat problem
for -simplexes. We control the number of solutions (weighted Fermat trees)
with respect to the weighted Fermat-Frechet problem that we call a weighted
Fermat-Frechet multitree, by using some conditions for the edge lengths
discovered by Dekster-Wilker. In order to construct an isometric immersion of a
weighted Fermat-Frechet multitree in the - Space, we use the isometric
immersion of Godel-Schoenberg for -simplexes in the -sphere and the
isometric immersion of Gromov (up to an additive constant) for weighted Fermat
(Steiner) trees in the -hyperbolic space . Finally, we
create a new variational method, which differs from Schafli's, Luo's and
Milnor's techniques to differentiate the length of a geodesic arc with respect
to a variable geodesic arc, in the 3-Space. By applying this method, we
eliminate one variable geodesic arc from a system of equations, which give the
weighted Fermat-Frechet solution for a sextuple of edge lengths determining
(Frechet) tetrahedra.Comment: 47 pages, 1 figur
Spectrum of non-Hermitian heavy tailed random matrices
Let (X_{jk})_{j,k>=1} be i.i.d. complex random variables such that |X_{jk}|
is in the domain of attraction of an alpha-stable law, with 0< alpha <2. Our
main result is a heavy tailed counterpart of Girko's circular law. Namely,
under some additional smoothness assumptions on the law of X_{jk}, we prove
that there exists a deterministic sequence a_n ~ n^{1/alpha} and a probability
measure mu_alpha on C depending only on alpha such that with probability one,
the empirical distribution of the eigenvalues of the rescaled matrix a_n^{-1}
(X_{jk})_{1<=j,k<=n} converges weakly to mu_alpha as n tends to infinity. Our
approach combines Aldous & Steele's objective method with Girko's Hermitization
using logarithmic potentials. The underlying limiting object is defined on a
bipartized version of Aldous' Poisson Weighted Infinite Tree. Recursive
relations on the tree provide some properties of mu_alpha. In contrast with the
Hermitian case, we find that mu_alpha is not heavy tailed.Comment: Expanded version of a paper published in Communications in
Mathematical Physics 307, 513-560 (2011
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