GUEs and queues (Q5932124)

It is considered the stochastic process \(D_{.} = (D_k, k =1, 2, \ldots)\) determined by the relations \[ D_k = \sup_{0=t_0<t_1<\ldots<t_{k-1}<t_k=1} \sum\limits_{i=1}^{k-1} \left[B_{i}(t_{k+1}) - B_{i}(t_{k})\right], \] where \(B_i\) are independent Brownian motions. It is shown that the process \(D_{.}\) is equidistributed with the process \(\sigma_{.} = (\sigma_k\), \(k =1, 2, \ldots)\), where \(\sigma_k\) is the largest eigenvalue of the main \(k \times k\) minor of a random infinite Hermitian matrix drawn from the Gaussian unitary ensemble (GUE). An application of this result in queueing theory is given. A series of interconnections of the main theorem with results in other mathematical subjects is described.