Convergence of Empirical Spectral Distributions of Large Dimensional Quaternion Sample Covariance Matrices

In this paper we establish the limit of the empirical spectral distribution of quaternion sample covariance matrices. Suppose $\mathbf X_n = ({x_{jk}^{(n)}})_{p\times n}$ is a quaternion random matrix. For each $n$, the entries $\{x_{ij}^{(n)}\}$ are independent random quaternion variables with a common mean $\mu$ and variance $\sigma^2>0$. It is shown that the empirical spectral distribution of the quaternion sample covariance matrix $\mathbf S_n=n^{-1}\mathbf X_n\mathbf X_n^*$ converges to the M-P law as $p\to\infty$, $n\to\infty$ and $p/n\to y\in(0,+\infty)$.