Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1992-10-14
Springer Lecture Notes in Physics 424 (1993) 103-130
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
44 pages
Scientific paper
These notes provide an introduction to the theory of random matrices. The central quantity studied is $\tau(a)= det(1-K)$ where $K$ is the integral operator with kernel $1/\pi} {\sin\pi(x-y)\over x-y} \chi_I(y)$. Here $I=\bigcup_j(a_{2j-1},a_{2j})$ and $\chi_I(y)$ is the characteristic function of the set $I$. In the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUE) the probability that no eigenvalues lie in $I$ is equal to $\tau(a)$. Also $\tau(a)$ is a tau-function and we present a new simplified derivation of the system of nonlinear completely integrable equations (the $a_j$'s are the independent variables) that were first derived by Jimbo, Miwa, M{\^o}ri, and Sato in 1980. In the case of a single interval these equations are reducible to a Painlev{\'e} V equation. For large $s$ we give an asymptotic formula for $E_2(n;s)$, which is the probability in the GUE that exactly $n$ eigenvalues lie in an interval of length $s$.
Tracy Craig A.
Widom Harold
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