Strong convergence of directed Kikuchi matrices for multiple variables

Prove that the strong-convergence statement for tuples of independent directed Kikuchi matrices extends to every number of variables \(k\ge 1\) and every parameter \(\alpha>0\) in the double limit \(n\to\infty\), followed by \(\ell\to\infty\) with \(r=r(\ell)\) satisfying \(r^2/\ell\to\alpha\).

Background

Theorem 1.4 proves weak convergence of tuples of independent directed and undirected Kikuchi matrices to the e−αe^{-\alpha}-Gaussian system, and proves strong convergence only for a single directed Kikuchi matrix, corresponding to k=1k=1.

The authors identify the natural extension as multivariate strong convergence for all k≥1k\ge1 and α>0\alpha>0. They explicitly exclude α=0\alpha=0 from this formulation because the associated “1-Gaussian system” has unbounded creation-derived operators, so strong convergence is not meaningful in that case.

References

We conjecture that the strong convergence statement for the directed Kikuchi matrix extends to any $k\ge 1$ and $\alpha>0$ (for $\alpha=0$, the linear operators of the corresponding ``1-Gaussian system'' are unbounded, so strong convergence does not make sense).

— Convergence of Kikuchi matrices to $Γ$-independent and $q$-Gaussian limits  (2610.02008 - Bandeira et al., 1 Oct 2026) in Section 1, subsection “The $q$-Gaussian limit,” immediately following Theorem 1.4 (page number unavailable)