Point processes and the infinite symmetric group. (Q1574674)

This paper gives a short overview of the main results obtained in five preprints of the authors with the same title [\textit{G. Olshanski}, part I, http://arXiv.org/abs/math/9804086; \textit{A. Borodin}, part II, http://arXiv.org/abs/math/9804087; \textit{A. Borodin} and \textit{G. Olshanski}, part III, http://arXiv.org/abs/math/9804088; \textit{A. Borodin}, part IV, http://arXiv.org/abs/math/9810013; \textit{G. Olshanski}, part V, http://arXiv.org/abs/math/9810014].