Abstract
Let \(X_1, X_2, \ldots , X_n\) be independent random variables, and let \(\mathbf {E}^{(l)}\) for \(l=1, \ldots , n\) be symmetric deterministic matrices. We study matrices of the type \(\mathbf {W} = \sum _{l=1}^n X_l \mathbf {E}^{(l)}\) . The convergence of empirical spectral distribution of \(\mathbf {W}\) to the normal law is established under certain conditions on matrices \(\mathbf {E}^{(l)}\) . Applications include estimating the convergence rate for the spectraldistribution functions of palindromic and circulant random matrices. The analysis employs amethod introduced by the author in his 1980 work “On the Rate of Convergence in the CentralLimit Theorem for Weakly Dependent Variables”.