Local semicircle law in the bulk for Gaussian $β$-ensemble

Philippe Sosoe, Percy Wong

Published 2011-12-09, updated 2012-11-09Version 4

We use the tridiagonal matrix representation to derive a local semicircle law for Gaussian beta ensembles at the optimal level of $n^{-1+\delta}$ for any $\delta > 0$. Using a resolvent expansion, we first derive a semicircle law at the intermediate level of $n^{-1/2+\delta}$; then an induction argument allows us to reach the optimal level. This result was obtained in a different setting, using different methods, by Bourgade, Erd\"os, and Yau and in Bao and Su. Our approach is new and could be extended to other tridiagonal models.