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We show that the fourth order nonlinear ODE which controls the pole dynamics in the general solution of equation $P_I^2$ compatible with the KdV equation exhibits two remarkable properties: 1) it governs the isomonodromy deformations of a…

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…

For the bi-orthogonal polynomials with the third degree polynomial potential functions, the 3 x 3 matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem is explicitly constructed. The developed approach admits an extension to the bi-orthogonal polynomials with…

We study the solutions of the sixth Painlev\'e equation with a logarithmic asymptotic behavior at a critical point. We compute the monodromy group associated to the solutions by the method of monodromy preserving deformations and we…

The Painleve first equation can be represented as the equation of isomonodromic deformation of a Schrodinger equation with a cubic potential. We introduce a new algorithm for computing the direct monodromy problem for this Schrodinger…

We derive a Riemann--Hilbert representation for the solution of an integrable nonlinear evolution equation with a $3 \times 3$ Lax pair. We use the derived representation to obtain formulas for the long-time asymptotics.

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We study the distribution of singularities (poles and zeros) of rational solutions of the Painlev\'e IV equation by means of the isomonodromic deformation method. Singularities are expressed in terms of the roots of generalised Hermite…

This is a sequel to papers by the last two authors making the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence and isomonodromy explicit. For the degenerate fifth Painlev\'e equation, the moduli spaces for connections and for monodromy are explicitly…

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We elaborate a systematic way to obtain higher order contributions in the nonlinear steepest descent method for Riemann-Hilbert problem associated with homogeneous Painleve II equation. The problem is reformulated as a matrix factorization…

The increasing tritronqu\'ee solutions of the Painlev\'e-II equation with parameter $\alpha$ exhibit square-root asymptotics in the maximally-large sector $|\arg(x)|<\tfrac{2}{3}\pi$ and have recently appeared in applications where it is…

Various properties of algebroid solutions of the degenerate third Painlev\'e equation, \begin{equation*} u^{\prime \prime}(\tau) \! = \! \frac{(u^{\prime}(\tau))^{2}}{u(\tau)} \! - \! \frac{u^{\prime}(\tau)}{\tau} \! + \! \frac{1}{\tau} \!…

Riemann-Hilbert problems are jump problems for holomorphic functions along given interfaces. They arise in various contexts, e.g. in the asymptotic study of certain nonlinear partial differential equations and in the asymptotic analysis of…

We present an explicit method to perform similarity reduction of a Riemann-Hilbert factorization problem for a homogeneous GL (N, C) loop group and use our results to find solutions to the Painleve VI equation for N=3. The tau function of…

It is well known that the sixth Painlev\'e equation $\PVI$ admits a group of B\"acklund transformations which is isomorphic to the affine Weyl group of type $\mathrm{D}_4^{(1)}$. Although various aspects of this unexpectedly large symmetry…

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…

The rational solutions for the discrete Painlev\'e II equation are constructed based on the bilinear formalism. It is shown that they are expressed by the determinant whose entries are given by the Laguerre polynomials. Continuous limit to…

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