Random matrices: tail bounds for gaps between eigenvalues · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1504.00396/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTRandom matrices: tail bounds for gaps between eigenvalues — mentioned by danharajhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23195455urn:hackerpapers:mention:1504.00396:23195455Fri, 15 May 2020 18:16:41 GMT<p>Not to shit on all of your middlebrow dismissals but mathematicians are known to steal language from other fields as metaphors for mathematical phenomena. Sometimes these metaphors are very rigorous and precise and sometimes they&#x27;re fast and loose. Here, look, I found all these papers which use &quot;repulsion&quot; as a mathematical metaphor for distances between zeroes, eigenvalues, and other special values of a geometric object: Random matrices: tail bounds for gaps between eigenvalues Gaps (or spacings) between consecutive eigenvalues are a central topic in random matrix theory. The goal of this…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1504.00396/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>math.PR