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Fredholm determinant representation of the Painlev\'e II $\tau$-function

Mathematical Physics 2024-05-01 v4 Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We formulate the generic τ\tau-function of the Painlev\'e II equation as a Fredholm determinant of an integrable (Its-Izergin-Korepin-Slavnov) operator. The τ\tau-function depends on the isomonodromic time tt and two Stokes' parameters, and the vanishing locus of the τ\tau-function, called the Malgrange divisor is determined by the zeros of the Fredholm determinant.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2008.01142,
  title  = {Fredholm determinant representation of the Painlev\'e II $\tau$-function},
  author = {Harini Desiraju},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.01142},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

29 pages, 8 figures. V3: some signs corrected; v4: There was an error with the t-derivative that is fixed in this version. This changes a factor of 2 in the subleasing term of the main result

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