## Bernoulli

• Bernoulli
• Volume 21, Number 4 (2015), 2073-2092.

### Some remarks on MCMC estimation of spectra of integral operators

#### Abstract

We prove a law of large numbers for empirical approximations of the spectrum of a kernel integral operator by the spectrum of random matrices based on a sample drawn from a Markov chain, which complements the results by V. Koltchinskii and E. Giné for i.i.d. sequences. In a special case of Mercer’s kernels and geometrically ergodic chains, we also provide exponential inequalities, quantifying the speed of convergence.

#### Article information

Source
Bernoulli, Volume 21, Number 4 (2015), 2073-2092.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 August 2015

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1438777586

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3150/14-BEJ635

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3378459

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1350.60027

#### Citation

Adamczak, Radosław; Bednorz, Witold. Some remarks on MCMC estimation of spectra of integral operators. Bernoulli 21 (2015), no. 4, 2073--2092. doi:10.3150/14-BEJ635. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1438777586

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