Let Xp=(s1,...,sn)=(Xij)p×n
where Xij's are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random
variables with EX11=0,EX112=1 and EX114<∞. It is showed
that the largest eigenvalue of the random matrix
Ap=2np1(XpXp′−nIp)
tends to 1 almost surely as p→∞,n→∞ with
p/n→0.