Applications of mesoscopic CLTs in random matrix theory

Abstract

We present some applications of central limit theorems on mesoscopic scales for random matrices. When combined with the recent theory of “homogenization” for Dyson Brownian motion, this yields the universality of quantities which depend on the behavior of single eigenvalues of Wigner matrices and $\beta$-ensembles. Among the results we obtain are the Gaussian fluctuations of single eigenvalues for Wigner matrices (without an assumption of 4 matching moments) and classical $\beta$-ensembles ($\beta=1,2,4$), Gaussian fluctuations of the eigenvalue counting function, and an asymptotic expansion up to order $o(N^{-1})$ for the expected value of eigenvalues in the bulk of the spectrum. The latter result solves a conjecture of Tao and Vu.