On the determinant of a certain Wiener-Hopf + Hankel operator (Q1416664)

The authors establish an asymptotic formula for determinants of truncated Wiener-Hopf \(+\) Hankel operators with symbols of the form \[ \sigma(\xi)= \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if \(| \xi| >1\),}\\ \text{const}. & \text{if \(| \xi| <1.\)} \end{cases} \] This is done by reducing it to the corresponding (known) asymptotics for truncated Toeplitz \(+\) Hankel operators. The determinants in question arise in random matrix theory in determining the limiting distribution for the number of eigenvalues in an interval for a scaled Laguerre ensemble of positive Hermitian matrices.