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2002 Spring Eastern Section Meeting
Montreal, Quebec Canada, May 3-5, 2002
Meeting #976

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

Special Session on Asymptotics for Random Matrix Models and Their Applications

  • 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 mathématiques, Univ. de Montréal
      Marco Bertola, Concordia University and Centre de recherches mathématiques, Univ. de Montréal
      Bertrand Eynard, CRM, Univ. de Montréal 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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