Semiclassical asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials, Riemann-Hilbert problem, and universality in the matrix model

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 185-266

  Bleher, Pavel ^a   Its, Alexander ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033244830     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/121101     Document Type: Article

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