Conjecture on Bessel limits for solvable random block tridiagonal ensembles

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Let Bessel⁡β,a\operatorname{Bessel}_{\beta,a} be the hard-edge point process defined by the r=1r=1, γ=1\gamma=1 limiting operator, and consider the solvable ensembles with the explicit joint densities in equations (density3) and (density4). In the known cases, the smallest points converge to Bessel⁡2,a/2\operatorname{Bessel}_{2,a/2} when r=2r=2, βs=2\beta s=2, β=1\beta=1, and to Bessel⁡4,a/2\operatorname{Bessel}_{4,a/2} when r=2r=2, βs=4\beta s=4, β=2\beta=2. Bessel scaling-limit conjecture. For density3, the minimal points have scaling limit

Bessel⁡β+2/r, a/(1+2/(βr))\operatorname{Bessel}_{\beta+2/r,\,a/(1+2/(\beta r))}

for r≥2r\geq 2 and β=1\beta=1 or 22. For density4 with βs=4\beta s=4 and β=1\beta=1, the scaling limit is instead Bessel⁡3,a/3\operatorname{Bessel}_{3,a/3}. This conjecture extends the explicitly identified classical hard-edge limits to the corresponding nonclassical Bessel processes.

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Primary source

Brian Rider and Benedek Valkó, “Solvable Families of Random Block Tridiagonal Matrices”, arXiv:2412.04579 (2026).

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