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    Marchenko-Pastur Filter

    A random-matrix-theory tool that filters out covariance matrix eigenvalues which look like statistical noise.

    The Marchenko-Pastur distribution describes the eigenvalue spectrum of a random covariance matrix. Eigenvalues inside its support are treated as noise and replaced; eigenvalues outside are signal and kept.

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