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Logarithmic singularities of the spherical ensemble decouple into explicit white noise in high dimensions, with variances fixed by chordal geometry on the sphere.

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load-bearing objection The paper gives singular CLTs showing log singularities in the spherical ensemble decouple to white noise at a larger scale than GFF fluctuations, with constants from chordal geometry.

arxiv 2606.00330 v1 pith:MFZZFMXY submitted 2026-05-29 math.PR math-phmath.MP

Singular central limit theorems for the spherical ensemble and beyond

Djalil Chafa\"i , David Garc\'ia-Zelada , Yuan Yuan Xu This is my paper
classification math.PR math-phmath.MP
keywords spherical ensemblelogarithmic singularitiescentral limit theoremwhite noisechordal geometryfluctuationshigh-dimensional limitlogarithmic potentials
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The paper examines fluctuations of logarithmic Green singularities for the spherical ensemble, treated as a random discretization of the two-sphere. Smooth observables follow standard Sobolev or Gaussian free field limits, but the singular logarithmic quantities operate on a larger scale and, as dimension grows, asymptotically decouple into an explicit white-noise process. This produces precise asymptotic descriptions for logarithmic potentials and characteristic polynomials. The constants in the limits are expressed through chordal geometry on the sphere.

Core claim

Logarithmic singularities in the spherical ensemble live on a larger logarithmic scale than smooth observables and asymptotically decouple in high dimension, producing an explicit white-noise limit whose variances and covariances are determined by chordal distances on the sphere.

What carries the argument

High-dimensional decoupling of logarithmic singularities, with variance structure given by the chordal metric on the sphere.

Load-bearing premise

The spherical ensemble can be treated as a random discretization of the two-sphere whose logarithmic singularities admit a high-dimensional decoupling whose constants are fixed solely by chordal geometry.

What would settle it

Numerical computation of the covariance matrix of log-potentials for large numbers of points on the sphere that fails to converge to the white-noise variances predicted by chordal distances would falsify the limit.

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If this is right

  • Logarithmic potentials of the spherical ensemble converge to explicit white noise after suitable centering and scaling.
  • Characteristic polynomials of the ensemble admit precise high-dimensional fluctuation limits.
  • The same decoupling applies to other ensembles whose singularities admit chordal-geometric constants.

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  • The result suggests that singular statistics in high-dimensional point processes on compact manifolds simplify to independent noise once chordal geometry is accounted for.
  • Numerical sampling of large spherical ensembles could directly verify the predicted variance formulas without needing the full process law.
  • The decoupling may extend to other log-singular observables such as Green functions on higher-dimensional spheres.

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Summary. The manuscript establishes singular central limit theorems for the spherical ensemble, viewed as a random discretization of the two-sphere. Smooth observables exhibit Sobolev or Gaussian free field fluctuations, whereas logarithmic singularities occur on a larger logarithmic scale, asymptotically decoupling in high dimensions to an explicit white-noise limit. Precise asymptotics are derived for logarithmic potentials and characteristic polynomials, with constants determined by chordal geometry on the sphere.

Significance. If rigorously established, the results refine the understanding of fluctuation scales in log-correlated fields from point processes on the sphere by separating Sobolev/GFF regimes from a distinct logarithmic scale that decouples to white noise. The explicit chordal-geometry constants represent a concrete advance over existing qualitative results on log-correlated processes and could inform related models in random matrix theory and geometric probability.

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  1. The abstract is concise and clearly distinguishes the two fluctuation scales, but the manuscript would benefit from an explicit statement of the dimension regime (e.g., fixed d=2 versus d o∞) in the introduction to clarify the high-dimensional decoupling.

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We thank the referee for their summary of the manuscript and for noting its potential significance in separating Sobolev/GFF regimes from a distinct logarithmic scale that decouples to white noise, along with the explicit chordal-geometry constants. The recommendation is listed as 'uncertain,' but the report contains no major comments to address. We therefore have no specific points requiring response or revision at this stage.

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The abstract and available text present claims about logarithmic singularities decoupling to white noise with constants from chordal geometry, but contain no equations, fitted parameters, self-citations, or derivation steps. No load-bearing step reduces by construction to its inputs, and no self-referential constructions or ansatzes are visible. The derivation chain cannot be walked from the given material, so the default finding of no circularity applies.

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Abstract-only review supplies no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the high-dimensional decoupling and chordal-geometry constants are stated without visible derivation details.

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We study the fluctuations of logarithmic Green singularities in the spherical ensemble, viewed as a random discretization of the two-sphere. Smooth observables exhibit the usual Sobolev or Gaussian free field fluctuations, whereas logarithmic singularities live on a larger logarithmic scale and asymptotically decouple in high-dimension, producing an explicit white-noise limit. The result gives precise asymptotics for logarithmic potentials and characteristic polynomials, with constants expressed through chordal geometry on the sphere.

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