Discrete orthogonal polynomials: Asymptotics and applications

Annals of Mathematics Studies

Volumn , Issue 164, 2007, Pages 1-171

  Baik, J ^a   Kriecherbauer, T ^a   McLaughlin, K T R ^a   Miller, P D ^a  

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