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

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.