Strong convergence of ESD for large quaternion sample covariance matrices and correlation matrices when p/n → 0

Abstract

In this paper, we study the strong convergence of empirical spectral distribution (ESD) of the large quaternion sample covariance matrices and correlation matrices when the ratio of the population dimension [Formula: see text] to sample size [Formula: see text] tends to zero. We prove that the ESD of renormalized quaternion sample covariance matrices converges almost surely to the semicircle law.