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Discrete Tracy-Widom Operators

Functional Analysis 2008-07-01 v1

Abstract

Integrable operators arise in random matrix theory, where they describe the asymptotic eigenvalue distribution of large self-adjoint random matrices from the generalized unitary ensembles. This paper considers discrete Tracy-Widom operators, and gives sufficient conditions for a discrete integrable operator to be the square of a Hankel matrix. Examples include the discrete Bessel kernel and kernels arising from the almost Mathieu equation and the Fourier transform of Mathieu's equation.

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@article{arxiv.0806.4919,
  title  = {Discrete Tracy-Widom Operators},
  author = {G. Blower and A. J. McCafferty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4919},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages

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