Application of the τ-function theory of Painlevé equations to Random Matrices: PIV, PII and the GUE

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 357-398

  Forrester, P J ^a   Witte, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0035534941     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200100422     Document Type: Article

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