Thursday, June 14, 2012

1104.4268 (M. Adler et al.)

Nonlinear PDEs for gap probabilities in random matrices and KP theory    [PDF]

M. Adler, M. Cafasso, P. van Moerbeke
Airy and Pearcey-like kernels and generalizations arising in random matrix theory are expressed as double integrals of ratios of exponentials, possibly multiplied with a rational function. In this work it is shown that such kernels are intimately related to wave functions for polynomial (Gel'fand-Dickey reductions) or rational reductions of the KP-hierarchy; their Fredholm determinant also satisfies linear PDEs (Virasoro constraints), yielding, in a systematic way, non-linear PDEs for the Fredholm determinant of such kernels. Examples include Fredholm determinants giving the gap probability of some infinite-dimensional diffusions, like the Airy process, with or without outliers, and the Pearcey process, with or without inliers.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4268

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