Second order asymptotics for matrix models

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Abstract: We study several-matrix models and show that when the potential is convex and a small perturbation of the Gaussian potential, the first order correction to the free energy can be expressed as a generating function for the enumeration of maps of genus one. In order to do that, we prove a central limit theorem for traces of words of the weakly interacting random matrices defined by these matrix models and show that the variance is a generating function for the number of planar maps with two vertices with prescribed colored edges.


The asymptotical behaviour of Hermitian random matrices whose distribution is given by a small convex perturbation of the Gaussian unitary ensemble is studied. \(m\)-tuples of random matrices are considered. The first order correction to the free energy is expressed as a generating function for the enumeration of maps. This is done by proving a central limit theorem for some specific polynomials and also for arbitrary polynomials. An interpretation of the variance and of the free energy in terms of a generating function for the number of planar maps is given. Finally, the second order correction to the free energy is computed.




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