New Results on the Equilibrium Measure for Logarithmic Potentials in the Presence of an External Field

Journal of Approximation Theory

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 388-475

  Deift, P ^a   Kriecherbauer, T ^b   McLaughlin, K T R ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0000743268     PISSN: 00219045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jath.1997.3229     Document Type: Article

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