Extreme gaps between eigenvalues of random matrices

preprint2013arXivOpen access

Abstract

This paper studies the extreme gaps between eigenvalues of random matrices. We give the joint limiting law of the smallest gaps for Haar-distributed unitary matrices and matrices from the Gaussian unitary ensemble. In particular, the kth smallest gap, normalized by a factor n−4/3n^{-4/3}, has a limiting density proportional to x3k−1e−x3x^{3k-1}e^{-x^3}. Concerning the largest gaps, normalized by n/log⁡nn/\sqrt{\log n}, they converge in Lp{\mathrm{L}}^p to a constant for all p>0p>0. These results are compared with the extreme gaps between zeros of the Riemann zeta function.

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