Bernoulli flow and optimal delocalization for Erdös-Rényi graphs

Antti Knowles (U of Geneva)

Apr 14. 2026, 14:00 — 15:00

We present a new dynamical way of establishing local laws for sparse random matrices, the Bernoulli flow method. It is based on a Markovian jump process, where the entries of the matrix jump independently from 0 to 1 at rate one. As an application, we show optimal (up to a constant) isotropic delocalization for bulk eigenvectors of Erdös-Renyi graphs with edge probability p \geq (log N)^2/N. In the same regime, we obtain a local law with optimal (up to a constant) error bounds. Joint work with Joscha Henheik.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Nathanael Berestycki (U of Vienna)
Paul Bourgade (CIMS, New York)
Giorgio Cipolloni (U Tor Vergata, Rome)