For symmetric random matrices with correlated entries, which are functions of independent random variables, we show that the asymptotic behavior of the empirical eigenvalue distribution can be obtained by analyzing a Gaussian matrix with the same covariance structure. This class contains both cases of short and long range dependent random fields. The technique is based on a blend of blocking procedure and Lindeberg's method. This method leads to a variety of interesting asymptotic results for matrices with dependent entries, including applications to linear processes as well as nonlinear Volterra-type processes entries.

Abstract.In this paper we obtain a Bernstein type inequality for the sum of self-adjoint centered and geometrically absolutely regular random matrices with bounded largest eigenvalue. This inequality can be viewed as an extension to the matrix setting of the Bernstein-type inequality obtained by Merlevède et al. (2009) in the context of real-valued bounded random variables that are geometrically absolutely regular. The proofs rely on decoupling the Laplace transform of a sum on a Cantor-like set of random matrices.

In this paper we derive an extension of the Marcenko-Pastur theorem to a large class of weak dependent sequences of real-valued random variables having only moment of order 2. Under a mild dependence condition that is easily verifiable in many situations, we derive that the limiting spectral distribution of the associated sample covariance matrix is characterised by an explicit equation for its Stieltjes transform, depending on the spectral density of the underlying process. Applications to linear processes, functions of linear processes and ARCH models are given.