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Sharp Berry-Esseen Bounds for the Log Determinant of a Gaussian Sample Correlation Matrix

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 52 references
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Abstract

Let $\widehat R$ be the Pearson sample correlation matrix formed from $n$ independent Gaussian observations in $p$ dimensions, and write $m=n-1\ge p$. Under the null correlation $R=I_p$, the classical independent beta product, exact cumulants, and full Fourier inversion yield, along every sequence $p\to\infty$ with $m\ge p$, a uniform first Edgeworth expansion for $\log\det\widehat R$, centered by its exact mean and scaled by its exact standard deviation. The expansion identifies the exact finite dimensional skewness correction and gives the sharp Kolmogorov equivalent $A_{m,p}/\{6\sqrt{2\pi}V_{m,p}^{3/2}\}$, where $V_{m,p}$ is the exact variance and $A_{m,p}$ is the absolute third cumulant. This equivalent unifies the square, fixed gap, growing gap, proportional, and dilute regimes; in the square regime the error has order $(\log p)^{-3/2}$ with an exact constant. For every positive definite population correlation matrix $R$, we prove a uniform finite sample Berry-Esseen bound that explicitly tracks population dependence. All theoretical results have exact or proved equivalent Lean 4 formulations whose declarations and dependencies are kernel checked.

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