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PDEs satisfied by extreme eigenvalues distributions of GUE and LUE

Mathematical Physics 2011-02-03 v1 math.MP Probability

Abstract

In this paper we study, Prob(n,a,b),\textsf{Prob}(n,a,b), the probability that all the eigenvalues of finite nn unitary ensembles lie in the interval (a,b)(a,b). This is identical to the probability that the largest eigenvalue is less than bb and the smallest eigenvalue is greater than aa. It is shown that a quantity allied to Prob(n,a,b)\textsf{Prob}(n,a,b), namely, Hn(a,b):=[a+b]lnProb(n,a,b), H_n(a,b):=\left[\frac{\partial}{\partial a}+\frac{\partial}{\partial b}\right]\ln\textsf{Prob}(n,a,b), in the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUE) and Hn(a,b):=[aa+bb]lnProb(n,a,b), H_n(a,b):=\left[a\frac{\partial}{\partial a}+b\frac{\partial}{\partial b}\right]\ln \textsf{Prob}(n,a,b), in the Laguerre Unitary Ensemble (LUE) satisfy certain nonlinear partial differential equations for fixed nn, interpreting Hn(a,b)H_n(a,b) as a function of aa and bb. These partial differential equations maybe considered as two variable generalizations of a Painlev\'{e} IV and a Painlev\'{e} V system, respectively. As an application of our result, we give an analytic proof that the extreme eigenvalues of the GUE and the LUE, when suitably centered and scaled, are asymptotically independent.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0402,
  title  = {PDEs satisfied by extreme eigenvalues distributions of GUE and LUE},
  author = {Estelle Basor and Yang Chen and Lun Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0402},
  year   = {2011}
}