Multiplier Bootstrap and Edge Phase Transitions of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices

[2608.15053] Multiplier Bootstrap and Edge Phase Transitions of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search Mathematics > Statistics Theory arXiv:2608.15053 (math) [Submitted on 15 Aug 2026] Title: Multiplier Bootstrap and Edge Phase Transitions of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices Authors: Jiahui Xie View a PDF of the paper titled Multiplier Bootstrap and Edge Phase Transitions of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices, by Jiahui Xie View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: In this paper, we study the effects of employing multiplier bootstrap to analyze the asymptotic distributions of the largest eigenvalues of high-dimensional sample covariance matrices in both spiked and non-spiked models. Our findings demonstrate that the multiplier bootstrap establishes several phase transitions in the limiting edge distributions of both unconditional and conditional bootstrapped covariance matrices, provided the different classes of multipliers. In the nonspiked setting, unbounded multipliers lead to Frechet or Gumbel limits for the largest eigenvalue of the bootstrapped covariance matrix, both conditionally on the observed data and unconditionally. For bounded multipliers, the unconditional model exhibits transitions among Tracy-Widom, Gaussian, or Weibull limits, determined jointly by the aspect ratio p/n, the upper-endpoint behavior of the multipliers, and the population covariance matrix. The conditional model displays analogous Gaussian and Weibull regimes; in contrast, the conditional counterpart of the unconditional Tracy-Widom regime collapses to a point mass. In the spiked setting, under suitable signal-strength conditions, the leading eigenvalues of both the unconditional and conditional bootstrapped sample covariance matrices are asymptotically Gaussian for bounded as well as unbounded multipliers, under some mild assumptions. Our theoretical results also clarify the feasibility and adaptability of the multiplier bootstrap for spectral inference in high-dimensional sample covariance models. Numerical simulations confirm the accuracy of our results and the effectiveness of the proposed spectral inference procedures, which may be of independent interest. Comments: 114 pages, 3 tables, 3 figures Subjects: Statistics Theory (math.ST) ; Methodology (stat.ME) MSC classes: 60B20, 62G10 ACM classes: G.3 Cite as: arXiv:2608.15053 [math.ST] (or arXiv:2608.15053v1 [math.ST] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.15053 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Jiahui Xie [ view email ] [v1] Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:49:22 UTC (298 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Multiplier Bootstrap and Edge Phase Transitions of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices, by Jiahui Xie View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: math.ST < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: math stat stat.ME stat.TH References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... 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