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A dynamic point of view on universality for random matrices over finite local rings
Abstract
We consider the cokernel corners process for an i.i.d. matrix with entries in a finite local ring. When the distribution of the entries is uniform, this process is a Markov chain, and hence the ergodic theorem for Markov chains can be applied. This implies, in particular, that for uniformly distributed p-adic random matrices, the cokernels of the corners are distributed according to the Cohen-Lenstra measure, almost surely. The purpose of this note is to show that the conclusion of the ergodic theorem also holds for i.i.d matrices, provided that the distribution of the entries is not concentrated on the translate of a subring, or the translate of an ideal. This will follow from the bounds proved in a previous paper of the author.
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BibTeX
@misc{lvov2026dynamic,
title = {{A dynamic point of view on universality for random matrices over finite local rings}},
author = {Nikita Lvov},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.10894},
eprint = {2609.10894},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10894},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A dynamic point of view on universality for random matrices over finite local rings
AU - Nikita Lvov
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.10894
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10894
AB - We consider the cokernel corners process for an i.i.d. matrix with entries in a finite local ring. When the distribution of the entries is uniform, this process is a Markov chain, and hence the ergodic theorem for Markov chains can be applied. This implies, in particular, that for uniformly distributed p-adic random matrices, the cokernels of the corners are distributed according to the Cohen-Lenstra measure, almost surely. The purpose of this note is to show that the conclusion of the ergodic theorem also holds for i.i.d matrices, provided that the distribution of the entries is not concentrated on the translate of a subring, or the translate of an ideal. This will follow from the bounds proved in a previous paper of the author.
ER -