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Main Authors: Adhikari, Kartick, Ahir, Dev
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10610
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author Adhikari, Kartick
Ahir, Dev
author_facet Adhikari, Kartick
Ahir, Dev
contents We consider a random matrix of the form $D_n \odot X_n$ (known as a variance profile matrix), where $\odot$ denotes the Hadamard product of the two matrices, $D_n$ is a deterministic matrix, and $X_n$ is a random matrix. We call $D_n\odot X_n$ as a missing data matrix of $X_n$ when the entries of $D_n$ are either $0$ or $1$. This framework is commonly used in various applied fields, such as biology, neuroscience, and network data analysis. We study the convergence and asymptotic freeness of missing data matrices of iid, elliptic, and covariance random matrices. Specifically, it is known that independent iid, elliptic, and covariance matrices converge to freely independent circular, elliptic, and Marčenko-Pastur variables, respectively. In this article, we provide the necessary and sufficient conditions on deterministic matrices $D_n$ for which these results hold true for independent missing data matrices of these three types of random matrices.
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spellingShingle Convergence and asymptotic freeness of missing data matrices
Adhikari, Kartick
Ahir, Dev
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We consider a random matrix of the form $D_n \odot X_n$ (known as a variance profile matrix), where $\odot$ denotes the Hadamard product of the two matrices, $D_n$ is a deterministic matrix, and $X_n$ is a random matrix. We call $D_n\odot X_n$ as a missing data matrix of $X_n$ when the entries of $D_n$ are either $0$ or $1$. This framework is commonly used in various applied fields, such as biology, neuroscience, and network data analysis. We study the convergence and asymptotic freeness of missing data matrices of iid, elliptic, and covariance random matrices. Specifically, it is known that independent iid, elliptic, and covariance matrices converge to freely independent circular, elliptic, and Marčenko-Pastur variables, respectively. In this article, we provide the necessary and sufficient conditions on deterministic matrices $D_n$ for which these results hold true for independent missing data matrices of these three types of random matrices.
title Convergence and asymptotic freeness of missing data matrices
topic Probability
60F99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10610