AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:42

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Friday May 3, 2002, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Special Session on Asymptotics for Random Matrix Models and Their Applications, I
Room B-4245, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant
Organizers:
Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona ercolani@math.arizona.edu
Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Arizona mcl@amath.unc.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Concentration of Permanent Estimators for Certain Large Matrices.
  Shmuel Friedland, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Brian Rider*, Duke University
  Ofer Zeitouni, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
  (976-60-122)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Density of states for random band matrices.
  Margherita Disertori*, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ)
  Haru Pinson, University of Arizona
  Thomas Spencer, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ)
  (976-82-131)

Saturday May 4, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Asymptotics for Random Matrix Models and Their Applications, II
Room B-4245, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant
Organizers:
Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona ercolani@math.arizona.edu
Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Arizona mcl@amath.unc.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Duality in 2-Matrix models.
  John Harnad*, Concordia University and Centre de recherches math�matiques, Univ. de Montr�al
  Marco Bertola, Concordia University and Centre de recherches math�matiques, Univ. de Montr�al
  Bertrand Eynard, CRM, Univ. de Montr�al and SPTH, CEA/Saclay
  (976-35-105)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Double Scaling Limit in the Random Matrix Model: the Riemann-Hilbert Approach.
  Pavel Bleher*, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
  (976-60-49)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Genus zero large n asymptotics of bi-orthogonal polynomials involved in the random 2-matrix model.
  B. Eynard*, CEA Saclay (France), CRM Montreal.
  M. Bertola, CRM Montreal
  J. Harnad, CRM, Montreal, University of Concordia, Montreal
  (976-34-160)

Saturday May 4, 2002, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Special Session on Asymptotics for Random Matrix Models and Their Applications, III
Room B-4245, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant
Organizers:
Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona ercolani@math.arizona.edu
Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Arizona mcl@amath.unc.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  A complete asymptotic expansion for the partition function of random matrix theory via Riemann-Hilbert techniques.
  N. Ercolani, University of Arizona
  Ken T-R McLaughlin*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  (976-81-202)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Stokes Matrices and Riemann-Hilbert Problem for two-matrix models.
  Marco Bertola*, CRM, Univesite' de Montreal and Concordia University
  Bertrand Eynard, C.R.M. and CEA, Saclay (France)
  John Harnad, CRM and Concordia University
  (976-34-158)

Sunday May 5, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Asymptotics for Random Matrix Models and Their Applications, IV
Room B-4245, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant
Organizers:
Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona ercolani@math.arizona.edu
Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Arizona mcl@amath.unc.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Universality for eigenvalues spacings near the edge of the spectrum for modified Jacobi unitary ensembles.
  Arno B.J. Kuijlaars*, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  Maarten Vanlessen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  (976-15-132)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Asymptotics for Discrete Orthogonal Polynomials with General Weights.
  Jinho Baik, Princeton University
  Thomas Kriecherbauer, LMU Munich
  Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Peter D Miller*, University of Michigan
  (976-41-207)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Riemann-Hilbert problem connected with semi-classical limit of the focusing Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation with certain initial conditions.
  Alexander Tovbis*, Duke University
  Stephanos Venakides, Duke University
  Xin Zhou, Duke University
  (976-35-33)

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