1207.4990 (P. Deift et al.)

Toeplitz matrices and Toeplitz determinants under the impetus of the
Ising model. Some history and some recent results    [PDF]

P. Deift, A. Its, I. Krasovsky

We review some history and some recent results concerning Toeplitz determinants and their applications. We discuss, in particular, the crucial role of the two-dimensional Ising model in stimulating the development of the theory of Toeplitz determinants.

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