Universality in the two-matrix model: A Riemann-Hilbert steepest-descent analysis

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1076-1153

  Duits, Maurice ^a   Kuijlaars, Arno B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 67649114287     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20269     Document Type: Article

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