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It is well-known that the first and second Painlev\'e equations admit solutions characterised by divergent asymptotic expansions near infinity in specified sectors of the complex plane. Such solutions are pole-free in these sectors and…
We study the asymptotic behaviour of orthogonal polynomials in the complex plane that are associated to a certain normal matrix model. The model depends on a parameter and the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues undergoes a…
In this paper, we find all possible asymptotic behaviours of the solutions of the second Painlev\'e equation $y''=2y^3+xy +\alpha$ as the parameter $\alpha\to\infty$ in the local region $x\ll\alpha^{2/3}$. We prove that these are asymptotic…
The discrete Painlev\'e equations have mathematical properties closely related to those of the differential Painlev\'e equations. We investigate the appearance of elliptic functions as limiting behaviours of $q$-Painlev\'e transcendents,…
We find a class of solutions of the sixth Painleve' equation appearing in the theory of WDVV equations. This class covers almost all the monodromy data associated to the equation, except one point in the space of the data. We find the…
We consider the second Painlev\'e equation $$ u"(x)=2u^3(x)+xu(x)-\alpha, $$ where $\alpha $ is a nonzero constant. Using the Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest descent method for Riemann-Hilbert problems, we rigorously prove the asymptotics as…
The Painleve-IV equation has three families of rational solutions generated by the generalized Hermite polynomials. Each family is indexed by two positive integers m and n. These functions have applications to nonlinear wave equations,…
We study dynamics of solutions in the initial value space of the sixth Painlev\'e equation as the independent variable approaches zero. Our main results describe the repeller set, show that the number of poles and zeroes of general…
We consider the asymptotic behaviour of solutions of the first $q$-difference Painlev\'{e} equation in the limits $|q|\rightarrow 1$ and $n\rightarrow\infty$. Using asymptotic power series, we describe four families of solutions that…
The Painlev\'e-III equation with parameters $\Theta_0=n+m$ and $\Theta_\infty=m-n+1$ has a unique rational solution $u(x)=u_n(x;m)$ with $u_n(\infty;m)=1$ whenever $n\in\mathbb{Z}$. Using a Riemann-Hilbert representation proposed in…
We investigate the long-time asymptotic behavior of a class of solutions to the defocusing Manakov system under nonzero boundary conditions. These solutions are characterized by a $3 \times 3$ matrix Riemann Hilbert problem. We find that…
The paper concerns asymptotic studies for the sixth Painlev\'e transcendent as independent variable tends to infinity. The primary tool is averaging and the Whitham method. Elliptic ansatz, appropriate modulation equation and asymptotics…
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…
We apply the uniform asymptotics method proposed by Bassom, Clarkson, Law and McLeod to a special Painlev\'{e} V equation, and we provide a simpler and more rigorous proof of the connection formulas for a special solution of the equation,…
For more than a century, the Painlev\'e I equation has played an important role in both physics and mathematics. Its two-parameter family of solutions was studied in many different ways, yet still leads to new surprises and discoveries. Two…
In a previous paper we studied the double scaling limit of unitary random matrix ensembles of the form Z_{n,N}^{-1} |\det M|^{2\alpha} e^{-N \Tr V(M)} dM with \alpha > -1/2. The factor |\det M|^{2\alpha} induces critical eigenvalue behavior…
In this paper, we are concerned with the following noncommutative Painlev\'{e} II equation \begin{equation*} \mathbf{D}^2 \beta_1 = 4\mathbf{s} \beta_1 +4 \beta_1 \mathbf{s} +8 \beta_1^3, \end{equation*} where $\beta_1=\beta_1(\vec{s})$ is…
The first discrete Painlev\'e equation (dPI), which appears in a model of quantum gravity, is an integrable nonlinear nonautonomous difference equation which yields the well known first Painlev\'e equation (PI) in a continuum limit. The…
A pair of linearly independent asymptotic solutions are constructed for the second-order linear difference equation {equation*} P_{n+1}(x)-(A_{n}x+B_{n})P_{n}(x)+P_{n-1}(x)=0, {equation*} where $A_n$ and $B_n$ have asymptotic expansions of…
In this paper, we analyze the asymptotic behaviour of the poles of certain rational solutions of the fifth Painlev\'e equation. These solutions are constructed by relating the corresponding tau function to a Hankel determinant of a certain…