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Finite size corrections in the bulk for circular $\beta $ ensembles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2026

Peter Forrester*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Melbourne , Victoria 3010, Australia;
Bo-Jian Shen
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Melbourne , Victoria 3010, Australia; E-mail: bojian.shen@unimelb.edu.au
*
E-mail: pjforr@unimelb.edu.au (Corresponding author)

Abstract

The circular $\beta $ ensemble for $\beta =1,2$ and 4 corresponds to circular orthogonal, unitary and symplectic ensemble respectively as introduced by Dyson. The statistical state of the eigenvalues is then a determinantal point process ($\beta = 2$) and Pfaffian point process ($\beta = 1,4$). The explicit functional forms of the correlation kernels then imply that the general n-point correlation functions exhibit an asymptotic expansion in $1/N^2$, which moreover can be lifted to an asymptotic expansion in $1/N^2$ for the spacing distributions and their generating function. We use $\sigma $-Painlevé characterisations to show that the functional form of the first correction is related to the leading term via a second derivative. In the case $\beta = 2$ this finding has immediate consequences in interpreting the empirical Riemann zeros spacing distribution at large height, and that of their thinning. Explicit functional forms are used to show that the spectral form factors for $\beta =1,2$ and 4 also admit an asymptotic expansion in $1/N^2$. Differential relations are identified expressing the first and second correction in terms of the limiting functional form, and evidence is presented that they hold for general $\beta $. For even $\beta $ it is proved that the two-point correlation function permits an asymptotic expansion in $1/N^2$, and moreover that the leading correction relates to the limiting functional form via a second derivative.

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Figure 1 [color-on-line] Exact functional form of P1,β=2(s;ξ)|ξ=1$\mathcal P_{1,\beta =2}(s;\xi)|_{\xi = 1}$ (solid blue line) plotted together with the approximation obtained by substituting the Wigner surmise for P0,β=2(s;ξ)|ξ=1$\mathcal P_{0,\beta =2}(s;\xi)|_{\xi = 1}$ in (2.8) (dashed red line).Figure 1 long description.