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The Riemann-Hilbert method is employed to carry out an asymptotic analysis of a family of $\sigma$-Painlev\'e V functions associated with Hankel determinants involving the confluent hypergeometric function of the second kind. In the…
We consider the Painleve asymptotics for a solution of integrable coupled Hirota equationwith a 3*3 Lax pair whose initial data decay rapidly at infinity. Using Riemann-Hilbert techniques and Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest descent arguments,…
We announce some results which might bring a new insight into the classification of algebraic solutions to the sixth Painleve equation. The main results consist of the rationality of parameters, trigonometric Diophantine conditions, and…
These lectures introduce the method of nonlinear steepest descent for Riemann-Hilbert problems. This method finds use in studying asymptotics associated to a variety of special functions such as the Painlev\'{e} equations and orthogonal…
In this paper, we compute the small and large $x$ asymptotics of the special function solutions of Painlev\'e-III equation in the complex plane. We use the representation in terms of Toeplitz determinants of Bessel functions obtained in…
In recent developments, a general approach for solving Riemann--Hilbert problems numerically has been developed. We review this numerical framework, and apply it to the calculation of orthogonal polynomials on the real line. Combining this…
In this paper, we revisit large variable asymptotic expansions of tronqu\'ee solutions of the Painlev\'e I equation, obtained via the Riemann-Hilbert approach and the method of steepest descent. The explicit construction of an extra local…
We reformulate the $q$-difference linear system corresponding to the $q$-Painlev\'e equation of type $A_7^{(1)'}$ as a Riemann-Hilbert problem on a circle. Then, we consider the Fredholm determinant built from the jump of this…
We study the asymptotic behavior of the Ablowitz-Segur solutions for the second Painlev\'e equation using the Riemann-Hilbert approach and methods based on asymptotic expansions of classical special functions. Recent results show that the…
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…
It is demonstrated that a certain integral equation can be solved using the Painleve equation of third kind. Inversely, a special solution of this Painleve equation can be expressed as the ratio of two infinite series of spheroidal…
In this paper, we study the isomonodromy deformation equations for the $n\times n$ system of first order meromorphic linear ordinary differential equations with two second order poles. We analyze the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions at…
We establish a representation of the joint moments of the characteristic polynomial of a CUE random matrix and its derivative in terms of a solution of the sigma-Painleve V equation. The derivation involves the analysis of a formula for the…
The main subject of the paper is the so-called Discrete Painlev\'e-1 Equation (DP1). Solutions of DP1 are classified under criterion of their behavior while argument tends to infinity. The Isomonodromic Deformations Method yields asymptotic…
Under the Flaschka-Newell Lax pair, the Darboux transformation for the Painlev\'{e}-II equation is constructed by the limiting technique. With the aid of the Darboux transformation, the rational solutions are represented by the Gram…
We describe the close connection between the linear system for the sixth Painlev\'e equation and the general Heun equation, formulate the Riemann-Hilbert problem for the Heun functions and show how, in the case of reducible monodromy, the…
We develop an inverse scattering transform formalism for the "good" Boussinesq equation on the line. Assuming that the solution exists, we show that it can be expressed in terms of the solution of a $3 \times 3$ matrix Riemann-Hilbert…
The effective and efficient numerical solution of Riemann-Hilbert problems has been demonstrated in recent work. With the aid of ideas from the method of nonlinear steepest descent for Riemann-Hilbert problems, the resulting numerical…
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 critical and asymptotic behaviors of solutions of the sixth Painlev\'e equation, an their parametrization in terms of monodromy data, are synthetically reviewed. The explicit formulas are given. This paper has been withdrawn by the…