Asymptotics of the Airy-Kernel determinant

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-678

  Deift, P ^a   Its, A ^b   Krasovsky, I ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39149103062     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0409-x     Document Type: Article

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