Multi-critical unitary random matrix ensembles and the general Painlevé II equation (Q2389122): Difference between revisions

The authors study unitary random matrix ensembles. In order to compute the double scaling limits of the eigenvalue correlation kernel near the origin, they use the \textit{P. Deift} and \textit{X. Zhou} [Ann. Math. (2) 137, No. 2, 295--368 (1993; Zbl 0771.35042)] steepest descent method applied to the Riemann-Hilbert (RH) problem for orthogonal polynomials on the real line. The paper is divided into the sections: Introduction and statement of results; The RH problem for Painlevé II and proof of Theorem 1.1; Steepest analysis of the RH problem; Proof of Theorm 1.2 and Proof of Theorem 1.7.