Spectral properties of deterministic matrices multiplied by rotationally invariant random non-Hermitian ensembles

arXiv:2609.03618 2026 Dynamics 1 ideas extracted · analyzed Sep 4, 2026

What the math gives to ML

The paper provides asymptotic spectral control for products of a deterministic matrix with a rotationally invariant non-Hermitian random matrix, a setting relevant to recurrent transition maps, state-space models, and deep linear Jacobians. Its transferable asset is a relation between the complex eigenvalue support of a product and the S-transforms of the squared-singular-value distributions of its factors. A practical use is to initialize or rescale recurrent operators so that their predicted eigenvalue cloud lies in a target stability annulus, directly targeting long-horizon dynamics rather than only singular-value normalization. The result is most credible as an initialization and diagnostic proxy when widths are large and one factor is approximately rotationally invariant.

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Brown-measure stability initialization

Use the paper's multiplicative spectral law to initialize a recurrent or state-space transition matrix as a deterministic operator multiplied by a unitarily invariant random factor, then choose the factor scale so the predicted complex eigenvalue support lies near a target stability annulus. This directly targets long-horizon gradient preservation instead of relying only on singular-value normalization.

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Paper: Spectral properties of deterministic matrices multiplied by rotationally invariant random non-Hermitian ensembles arXiv:2609.03618