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We carry out the asymptotic analysis as $n \to \infty$ of a class of orthogonal polynomials $p_{n}(z)$ of degree $n$, defined with respect to the planar measure \begin{equation*} d\mu(z) = (1-|z|^{2})^{\alpha-1}|z-x|^{\gamma}\mathbf{1}_{|z|…

We consider the one-dimensional focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with a delta potential and even initial data. The problem is equivalent to the solution of the initial/boundary problem for NLS on a half-line with Robin…

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…

We investigate the short-time expansion of the heat kernel of a Laplace type operator on a compact Riemannian manifold and show that the lowest order term of this expansion is given by the Fredholm determinant of the Hessian of the energy…

We study the asymptotic behavior of Laguerre polynomials $L_n^{(\alpha_n)}(nz)$ as $n \to \infty$, where $\alpha_n$ is a sequence of negative parameters such that $-\alpha_n/n$ tends to a limit $A > 1$ as $n \to \infty$. These polynomials…

We study polynomials that are orthogonal with respect to a varying quartic weight \exp(-N(x^2/2+tx^4/4)) for t<0, where the orthogonality takes place on certain contours in the complex plane. Inspired by developments in 2D quantum gravity,…

Using the matrix Riemann-Hilbert factorisation approach for non-linear evolution systems which take the form of Lax-pair isospectral deformations, the higher order asymptotics as $t \to \pm \infty$ $(x/t \sim {\cal O}(1))$ of the solution…

With $\bar{\partial}$-generalization of the Deift-Zhou steepest descent method, we investigate the long-time asymptotics of the solution to the Cauchy problem for the Hunter-Saxton (HS) equation \begin{eqnarray} &&u_{txx}-2\omega…

We analyze a numerical method for computing Fredholm determinants of trace class and Hilbert Schmidt integral operators defined in terms of matrix-valued kernels on the entire real line. With this method, the Fredholm determinant is…

Consideration in this present paper is the long-time asymptotic of solutions to the derivative nonlinear Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger equation with the step-like initial value \begin{eqnarray} q(x,0)=q_{0}(x)=\begin{cases} \begin{split}…

This work investigates the long-time asymptotic behaviors of the solution to the KdV equation with delta function initial profiles in different regions, employing the Riemann-Hilbert formulation and Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest descent…

We study the one parameter family of Fredholm determinants $\det(I-\gamma K_{\textnormal{csin}}),\gamma\in\mathbb{R}$ of an integrable Fredholm operator $K_{\textnormal{csin}}$ acting on the interval $(-s,s)$ whose kernel is a cubic…

Let $A = (a_{j,k})_{j,k=-\infty}^\infty$ be a bounded linear operator on $l^2(\mathbb{Z})$ whose diagonals $D_n(A) = (a_{j,j-n})_{j=-\infty}^\infty\in l^\infty(\mathbb{Z})$ are almost periodic sequences. For certain classes of such…

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…

We establish formulae for the asymptotic growth (with respect to the scaling dimension) of the number of operators in effective field theory, or equivalently the number of $S$-matrix elements, in arbitrary spacetime dimensions and with…

We study multipoint Pad\'e approximants of type $(n,n)$ for the Hurwitz zeta function $f(a)=\zeta(s,a)$ with $\Re s>1$, constructed at quantile nodes $a_{n,j}=n\alpha_{n,j}$ generated by a real-analytic density $\kappa$ on…

We study the Cowling approximation by analytical means as applied to a system of linear differential equations arising from models of non-radial stellar pulsation. We consider various asymptotic cases, including those of high harmonic…

Using the matrix Riemann-Hilbert factorization approach for nonlinear evolution systems which take the form of Lax-pair isospectral deformations and whose corresponding Lax operators contain both discrete and continuous spectra, the…

In this paper we compute the higher order long time asymptotics of the defocussing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation using the $\overline{\partial}$-nonlinear steepest descent method. We assume initial condition in weighted Sobolev space…

We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the polynomials p, q, r of degrees n in type I Hermite-Pade approximation to the exponential function, defined by p(z)e^{-z}+q(z)+r(z)e^{z} = O(z^{3n+2}) as z -> 0. These polynomials are…