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The purpose of this paper is to compute the asymptotics of determinants of finite sections of operators that are trace class perturbations of Toeplitz operators. For example, we consider the asymptotics in the case where the matrices are of…
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A variation of Zeilberger's holonomic ansatz for symbolic determinant evaluations is proposed which is tailored to deal with Pfaffians. The method is also applicable to determinants of skew-symmetric matrices, for which the original…
A method is suggested for the computation of the generalized dimensions of fractal attractors at the period-doubling transition to chaos. The approach is based on an eigenvalue problem formulated in terms of functional equations, with a…
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A formula relating quotients of determinants of elliptic differential operators sharing their principal symbol, with local boundary conditions, to the corresponding Green function is given.
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For a second-order linear differential equation with two irregular singular points of rank three, multiple Laplace-type contour integral solutions are considered. An explicit formula in terms of the Stokes multipliers is derived for the…
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The well-known formula $det(A\cdot B)=\det A \cdot \det B$ can be easily proved for finite dimensional matrices but it may be incorrect for the functional determinants of differential operators, including the ones which are relevant for…
We formulate the generic $\tau$-function of the Painlev\'e II equation as a Fredholm determinant of an integrable (Its-Izergin-Korepin-Slavnov) operator. The $\tau$-function depends on the isomonodromic time $t$ and two Stokes' parameters,…
The Weyl-Sims classification for a second-order ordinary differential equation with general complex coefficients is investigated. Connections are then established between the associated m-function and the spectral properties of…
We consider fourth order ordinary differential operators with compactly supported coefficients on the half-line and on the line. The Fredholm determinant for this operator is an analytic function in the whole complex plane without zero. We…
Asymptotic formula is derived for the behavior of the fundamental solution of the second-order elliptic self-adjoint operator with a piecewise-smooth coefficient in front of the senior derivatives near the discontinuity surface of the…
There is a class of Laplacian like conformally invariant differential operators on differential forms $L^\ell_k$ which may be considered the generalisation to differential forms of the conformally invariant powers of the Laplacian known as…
An explicit formula is given for a fundamental solution for a class of semielliptic operators. The fundamental solution is used to investigate properties of these operators as mappings between weighted function spaces. Necessary and…
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Variational principles are proved for self-adjoint operator functions arising from variational evolution equations of the form \[ \langle\ddot{z}(t),y \rangle + \mathfrak{d}[\dot{z} (t), y] + \mathfrak{a}_0 [z(t),y] = 0. \] Here…