Uniform asymptotics for polynomials orthogonal with respect to a general class of discrete weights and universality results for associated ensembles: Announcement of results

International Mathematics Research Notices

Volumn , Issue 15, 2003, Pages 821-858

  Baik, J ^a,b   Kriecherbauer, T ^c   McLaughlin, K D T R ^d,e   Miller, P D ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0038578323     PISSN: 10737928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/s1073792803212125     Document Type: Article

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