I think that (1) is false. Imagine 2 manifolds defined as: $$(x_1,x_2) \in (0,1) \times (0,1)$$ and $$(x_1,x_2,x_3) \in (0,1) \times (0,1) \times (0,1)$$ and you choose $x$ randomly. Define the distance between points $(x,y)$ as as: 1 if $x_1 \neq y_1$ $|| x - y ||_2$ if $x_1 = y_1$ They are different manifolds because 1 is locally $R$ and 1 is locally $R^2$, but almost always $M_n = 1 - I^{n \times n}$, so the random matrix (and therefore it's eigenvalues) are the same.