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This paper is an addendum to earlier papers \cite{R1,R2} in which it was shown that the unstable separatrix solutions for Painlev\'e I and II are determined by $PT$-symmetric Hamiltonians. In this paper unstable separatrix solutions of the…
In previous work, Bender and Komijani (2015 \textit{J. Phys. A: Math. Theor.} 48, 475202) studied the first Painlev\'e (PI) equation and showed that the sequence of initial conditions giving rise to separatrix solutions could be…
In this paper, we revisit the asymptotic formulas of real Painlev\'e I transcendents as the independent variable tends to negative infinity, which were initially derived by Kapaev with the complex WKB method. Using the Riemann-Hilbert…
The asymptotic solution for the Painleve-2 equation with small parameter is considered. The solution has algebraic behavior before point $t_*$ and fast oscillating behavior after the point $t_*$. In the transition layer the behavior of the…
Time independent Hamiltonians of the physical type H = (P_1^2+P_2^2)/2+V(Q_1,Q_2) pass the Painleve' test for only seven potentials $V$, known as the He'non-Heiles Hamiltonians, each depending on a finite number of free constants. Proving…
We study the asymptotic behavior of a special smooth solution y(x,t) to the second member of the Painleve I hierarchy. This solution arises in random matrix theory and in the study of Hamiltonian perturbations of hyperbolic equations. The…
Painleve transcendents are usually considered as complex functions of a complex variable, but in applications it is often the real cases that are of interest. Under a reasonable assumption (concerning the behavior of a dynamical system…
The solutions of the perturbed first Painlev\'e equation $y"=6y^2-x^\mu$, $\mu>-4$, are uniquely determined by the free constant $C$ multiplying the exponentially small terms in the complete large $x$ asymptotic expansions. Full details are…
In this work we propose a new method for investigating connection problems for the class of nonlinear second-order differential equations known as the Painlev{\'e} equations. Such problems can be characterized by the question as to how the…
We study the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of the fifth Painlev\'e equation as the independent variable approaches zero and infinity in the space of initial values. We show that the limit set of each solution is compact and…
Eigenvalue problems for linear differential equations, such as time-independent Schr\"odinger equations, can be generalized to eigenvalue problems for nonlinear differential equations. In the nonlinear context a separatrix plays the role of…
The 0-instanton solution of Painlev\'e I is a sequence $(u_{n,0})$ of complex numbers which appears universally in many enumerative problems in algebraic geometry, graph theory, matrix models and 2-dimensional quantum gravity. The…
We study the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of the generic ($D_6^{(1)}$-type) third Painlev\'e equation in the space of initial values as the independent variable approaches infinity (or zero) and show that the limit set of each…
Using the Riemann-Hilbert approach, the $\Psi$-function corresponding to the solution of the first Painleve equation, $y_{xx}=6y^2+x$, with the asymptotic behavior $y\sim\pm\sqrt{-x/6}$ as $|x|\to\infty$ is constructed. The exponentially…
In this survey, we review asymptotic results of some orthogonal polynomials which are relate to the Painlev\'e transcendents. They are obtained by applying Deift-Zhou's nonlinear steepest descent method for Riemann-Hilbert problems. In the…
The sixth Painlev\'e equation is a basic equation among the non-linear differential equations with three fixed singularities, corresponding to Gauss's hypergeometric differential equation among the linear differential equations. It is known…
We study the monic polynomials orthogonal with respect to a symmetric perturbed Gaussian weight $$ w(x;t):=\mathrm{e}^{-x^2}\left(1+t\: x^2\right)^\lambda,\qquad x\in \mathbb{R}, $$ where $t> 0,\;\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$. This weight is…
This paper presents a detailed asymptotic study of the nonlinear differential equation y'(x)=\cos[\pi xy(x)] subject to the initial condition y(0)=a. Although the differential equation is nonlinear, the solutions to this initial-value…
A special asymptotic solution of the Painlev\'e-2 equation with small parameter is studied. This solution has a critical point $t_*$ corresponding to a bifurcation phenomenon. When $t<t_*$ the constructed solution varies slowly and when…
We consider n non-intersecting Brownian motions with two fixed starting positions and two fixed ending positions in the large n limit. We show that in case of 'large separation' between the endpoints, the particles are asymptotically…