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Level-Spacing Distributions and the Airy Kernel

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Scaling level-spacing distribution functions in the ``bulk of the spectrum'' in random matrix models of $N\times N$ hermitian matrices and then going to the limit $N\to\infty$, leads to the Fredholm determinant of the sine kernel $\sin\pi(x-y)/\pi (x-y)$. Similarly a scaling limit at the ``edge of the spectrum'' leads to the Airy kernel $[{\rm Ai}(x) {\rm Ai}'(y) -{\rm Ai}'(x) {\rm Ai}(y)]/(x-y)$. In this paper we derive analogues for this Airy kernel of the following properties of the sine kernel: the completely integrable system of P.D.E.'s found by Jimbo, Miwa, M{\^o}ri and Sato; the expression, in the case of a single interval, of the Fredholm determinant in terms of a Painlev{\'e} transcendent; the existence of a commuting differential operator; and the fact that this operator can be used in the derivation of asymptotics, for general $n$, of the probability that an interval contains precisely $n$ eigenvalues.

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Multicritical Scaling Limit of Shifted Schur Measure

math.CO · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Under multicritical conditions the edge scaling limit of correlations for the shifted Schur measure converges to the higher-order Airy kernel determinant, demonstrating a Pfaffian-to-determinantal transition.

The Tracy-Widom distribution at large Dyson index

cond-mat.stat-mech · 2025-10-16 · conditional · novelty 7.0

For large beta the TW density takes the form exp(-beta Phi(a)) with Phi(a) obtained as the solution of a Painleve II equation via saddle-point analysis of the stochastic Airy operator.

Quantum chaotic systems: a random-matrix approach

quant-ph · 2026-04-13 · unverdicted · novelty 0.0

Review of random matrix theory application to quantum chaos, covering symmetry classes, eigenvalue statistics, unfolding, and correlation functions.

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  • Multicritical Scaling Limit of Shifted Schur Measure math.CO · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 17 · internal anchor

    Under multicritical conditions the edge scaling limit of correlations for the shifted Schur measure converges to the higher-order Airy kernel determinant, demonstrating a Pfaffian-to-determinantal transition.

  • The Tracy-Widom distribution at large Dyson index cond-mat.stat-mech · 2025-10-16 · conditional · none · ref 21 · internal anchor

    For large beta the TW density takes the form exp(-beta Phi(a)) with Phi(a) obtained as the solution of a Painleve II equation via saddle-point analysis of the stochastic Airy operator.

  • Logarithmic negativity typically equals exact entanglement cost quant-ph · 2026-07-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 26 · internal anchor

    Logarithmic negativity equals exact entanglement cost under PPT-preserving operations for large random induced mixed states.

  • Les Houches Lectures on Exact WKB Analysis and Painlev\'e Equations math-ph · 2025-12-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 160 · internal anchor

    Lecture notes review exact WKB analysis for ODEs and its combination with topological recursion and isomonodromy to compute monodromy and resurgent structures for Painlevé equations.

  • Quantum chaotic systems: a random-matrix approach quant-ph · 2026-04-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 120

    Review of random matrix theory application to quantum chaos, covering symmetry classes, eigenvalue statistics, unfolding, and correlation functions.