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We present a method to characterize and compute the large N formal asymptotics of regular and critical Hermitian matrix models with general even potentials in the one-cut and two-cut cases. Our analysis is based on a method to solve…
We construct asymptotic expansions for ordinary differential equations with highly oscillatory forcing terms, focussing on the case of multiple, non-commensurate frequencies. We derive an asymptotic expansion in inverse powers of the…
We generalize the Mittag-Leffler function by attaching an exponent to its Taylor coefficients. The main result is an asymptotic formula valid in sectors of the complex plane, which extends work by Le Roy [Bull. des sciences math. 24, 1900]…
The degenerate third Painlev\'{e} equation, $u^{\prime \prime} = \frac{(u^{\prime})^{2}}{u} - \frac{u^{\prime}}{\tau} + \frac{1}{\tau}(-8 \epsilon u^{2} + 2ab) + \frac{b^{2}}{u}$, where $\epsilon,b \in \mathbb{R}$, and $a \in \mathbb{C}$,…
By application of the theory for second-order linear differential equations with two turning points developed in [Olver F.W.J., Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A 278 (1975), 137-174], uniform asymptotic approximations are obtained in…
We consider real-valued solutions $u=u(x|s),x\in\mathbb{R}$ of the second Painlev\'e equation $u_{xx}=xu+2u^3$ which are parametrized in terms of the monodromy data $s\equiv(s_1,s_2,s_3)\subset\mathbb{C}^3$ of the associated Flaschka-Newell…
In the 1977 paper \cite{MTW} of B. McCoy, C. Tracy and T. Wu it was shown that the limiting two-point correlation function in the two-dimensional Ising model is related to a second order nonlinear Painlev\'e function. This result identified…
This paper proposes a new approach to the asymptotic analysis of Painlev\'e equations. The approach is based on representing solutions of the Painlev\'e equations using formal series in two variables, $\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}y^kA_k(x)$, with…
We consider the higher order asymptotics for the mKdV equation in the Painlev\'e sector. We first show that the solution admits a uniform expansion to all orders in powers of $t^{-1/3}$ with coefficients that are smooth functions of…
In this paper, we study the asymptotics of the Hahn polynomials Q_n(x; {\alpha}, {\beta}, N) as the degree n grows to infinity, when the parameters {\alpha} and {\beta} are fixed and the ratio of n/N = c is a constant in the interval (0,…
We derive a formula for the connected $n$-point functions of a tau-function of the BKP hierarchy in terms of its affine coordinates. This is a BKP-analogue of a formula for KP tau-functions proved by Zhou in [arXiv:1507.01679]. Moreover, we…
We investigate the structure of $\tau$-functions for the elliptic difference Painlev\'e equation of type $E_8$. Introducing the notion of ORG $\tau$-functions for the $E_8$ lattice, we construct some particular solutions which are expressed…
In this paper we provide a formal matched asymptotic analysis for large solutions to the Gelfand-Liouville problem in planar, doubly connected domains in the plane. Using these, we rigorously construct a good approximate solution to the…
We obtain the double scaling asymptotic behavior of the recurrence coefficients and the partition function at the critical point of the $N\times N$ Hermitian random matrix model with cubic potential. We prove that the recurrence…
In this paper, we derive new asymptotic expansions for the solutions of higher order elliptic equations in the presence of small inclusions. As a byproduct, we derive a topological derivative based algorithm for the reconstruction of…
We consider the asymptotic expansion of the Wright function \[W_{\lambda,\mu}(z)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{z^n}{n! \Gamma(\lambda n+\mu)}\qquad (\lambda>-1)\] for large (positive and negative) variable and large parameter $\mu$. The analysis…
In this paper, We study the asymptotics of the leading coefficients and the recurrence coefficients for the orthogonal polynomials with repect to the Laguerre weight with singularity of root type and jump type at the soft edge via the…
We consider a $q$-Painlev\'e III equation and a $q$-Painlev\'e II equation arising from a birational representation of the affine Weyl group of type $(A_2+A_1)^{(1)}$. We study their hypergeometric solutions on the level of $\tau$…
This is a survey article on an old topic in classical analysis. We present some new developments in asymptotics in the last fifty years. We start with the classical method of Darboux and its generalizations, including an uniformity…
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…