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The $q^{\mathrm{Volume}}$ lozenge tiling model via non-Hermitian orthogonal polynomials

Ahmad Barhoumi·Maurice Duits
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We consider the $q^\text{Volume}$ lozenge tiling model on a large, finite hexagon. It is well-known that random lozenge tilings of the hexagon correspond to a two-dimensional determinantal point process via a bijection with ensembles of non-intersecting paths. The starting point of our analysis is a formula for the correlation kernel due to Duits and Kuijlaars which involves the Christoffel-Darboux kernel of a particular family of non-Hermitian orthogonal polynomials. Our main results are split into two parts: the first part concerns the family of orthogonal polynomials, and the second concerns the behavior of the boundary of the so-called arctic curve. In the first half, we identify the orthogonal polynomials as a non-standard instance of little $q$-Jacobi polynomials and compute their large degree asymptotics in the $q \to 1$ regime. A consequence of this analysis is a proof that the zeros of the orthogonal polynomials accumulate on an arc of a circle and an asymptotic formula for the Christoffel-Darboux kernel. In the second half, we use these asymptotics to show that the boundary of the liquid region converges to the Airy process, in the sense of finite dimensional distributions, away from the boundary of the hexagon. At inflection points of the arctic curve, we show that we do not need to subtract/add a parabola to the Airy line ensemble, and this effect persists at distances which are $o(N^{-2/9})$ in the tangent direction.

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Ahmad Barhoumi, Maurice Duits. 2025-04-23. The $q^{\mathrm{Volume}}$ lozenge tiling model via non-Hermitian orthogonal polynomials. https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17042

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