Strong convergence of ESD for large quaternion sample covariance matrices and correlation matrices when p/n → 0

In this paper, we study the strong convergence of empirical spectral distribution (ESD) of the large quaternion sample covariance matrices and correlation matrices when the ratio of the population dimension [Formula: see text] to sample size [Formula: see text] tends to zero. We prove that the ESD of renormalized quaternion sample covariance matrices converges almost surely to the semicircle law.