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Main Authors: Neeman, Joe, Shi, Bobby, Ward, Rachel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.02150
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author Neeman, Joe
Shi, Bobby
Ward, Rachel
author_facet Neeman, Joe
Shi, Bobby
Ward, Rachel
contents We give Hoeffding and Bernstein-type concentration inequalities for the largest eigenvalue of sums of random matrices arising from a Markov chain. We consider time-dependent matrix-valued functions on a general state space, generalizing previous results that had only considered Hoeffding-type inequalities, and only for time-independent functions on a finite state space. In particular, we study a kind of noncommutative moment generating function, provide tight bounds on this object, and use a method of Garg et al. to turn this into tail bounds. Our proof proceeds spectrally, bounding the norm of a certain perturbed operator. In the process we make an interesting connection to dynamical systems and Banach space theory to prove a crucial result on the limiting behavior of our moment generating function that may be of independent interest.
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spellingShingle Concentration Inequalities for Sums of Markov Dependent Random Matrices
Neeman, Joe
Shi, Bobby
Ward, Rachel
Probability
We give Hoeffding and Bernstein-type concentration inequalities for the largest eigenvalue of sums of random matrices arising from a Markov chain. We consider time-dependent matrix-valued functions on a general state space, generalizing previous results that had only considered Hoeffding-type inequalities, and only for time-independent functions on a finite state space. In particular, we study a kind of noncommutative moment generating function, provide tight bounds on this object, and use a method of Garg et al. to turn this into tail bounds. Our proof proceeds spectrally, bounding the norm of a certain perturbed operator. In the process we make an interesting connection to dynamical systems and Banach space theory to prove a crucial result on the limiting behavior of our moment generating function that may be of independent interest.
title Concentration Inequalities for Sums of Markov Dependent Random Matrices
topic Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.02150