A determinantal formula for the GOE Tracy-Widom distribution
Mathematical Physics
2007-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics
math.MP
Probability
Abstract
Investigating the long time asymptotics of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process, Sasamoto obtains rather indirectly a formula for the GOE Tracy-Widom distribution. We establish that his novel formula indeed agrees with more standard expressions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0505012,
title = {A determinantal formula for the GOE Tracy-Widom distribution},
author = {Patrik L. Ferrari and Herbert Spohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0505012},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, no figures, Latex2e; To appear in J.Phys.A