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Estelle L. Basor

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arXiv2016

Asymptotic formulas for determinants of a special class of Toeplitz + Hankel matrices

We compute the asymptotics of the determinants of certain $n\times n$ Toeplitz + Hankel matrices $T_n(a)+H_n(b)$ as $n\to\infty$ with symbols of Fisher-Hartwig type. More specifically we consider the case where $a$ has zeros and poles and where $b$ is related to $a$ in specific ways. Previous results of Deift, Its and Krasovsky dealt with the case where $a$ is even. We are generalizing this in a mild way to certain non-even symbols.

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arXiv2015

Asymptotics of determinants of Hankel matrices via non-linear difference equations

E. Heine in the 19th century studied a system of orthogonal polynomials associated with the weight $\left[x(x-α)(x-β)\right]^{-\frac{1}{2}}$, $x\in[0,α]$, $0<α<β$. A related system was studied by C. J. Rees in 1945, associated with the weight $\left[(1-x^2)(1-k^2x^2)\right]^{-\frac{1}{2}}$, $x\in[-1,1]$, $k^2\in(0,1)$. These are also known as elliptic orthogonal polynomials, since the moments of the weights maybe expressed in terms of elliptic integrals. Such orthogonal polynomials are of great interest because the corresponding Hankel determinant, depending on a parameter $k^2$, where $0 -1,\;β\in \mathbb{R}, $$ satisfy second order non-linear difference equations. The large $n$ expansion based on the difference equations when combined with known asymptotics of the leading terms of the associated Hankel determinant yields a complete asymptotic expansion of the Hankel determinant. The Painlevé equation is also discussed as well as the generalization of the linear second order differential equation found by Rees.

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arXiv2011

Fredholm and invertibility theory for a special class of Toeplitz + Hankel operators

We develop a complete Fredholm and invertibility theory for Toeplitz+Hankel operators $T(a)+H(b)$ on the Hardy space $H^p$, $1<p<\infty$, with piecewise continuous functions $a,b$ defined on the unit circle which are subject to the condition $a(t)a(t^{-1})=b(t)b(t^{-1})$, $|t|=1$. In particular, in the case of Fredholmness, formulas for the defect numbers are established. The results are applied to several important examples.

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arXiv2008

Determinant computations for some classes of Toeplitz-Hankel matrices

The purpose of this paper is to compute the asymptotics of determinants of finite sections of operators that are trace class perturbations of Toeplitz operators. For example, we consider the asymptotics in the case where the matrices are of the form $ (a_{i-j} \pm a_{i+j+1-k})_{i,j=0... N-1} $ with $k$ is fixed. We will show that this example as well as some general classes of operators have expansions that are similar to those that appear in the Strong Szegö Limit Theorem. We also obtain exact identitities for some of the determinants that are analogous to the one derived independently by Geronimo and Case and by Borodin and Okounkov for finite Toeplitz matrices. These problems were motivated by considering certain statistical quantities that appear in random matrix theory.

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arXiv2006

Asymptotics of block Toeplitz determinants and the classical dimer model

We compute the asymptotics of a block Toeplitz determinant which arises in the classical dimer model for the triangular lattice when considering the monomer-monomer correlation function. The model depends on a parameter interpolating between the square lattice ($t=0$) and the triangular lattice ($t=1$), and we obtain the asymptotics for $0<t\le 1$. For $0<t<1$ we apply the Szegö Limit Theorem for block Toeplitz determinants. The main difficulty is to evaluate the constant term in the asymptotics, which is generally given only in a rather abstract form.

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arXiv2005

Extremal Non-Compactness of Composition Operators with Linear Fractional Symbol

We realize norms of most composition operators acting on the Hardy space with linear fractional symbol as roots of hypergeometric functions. This realization leads to simple necessary and sufficient conditions on the symbol to exhibit extremal non-compactness, establishes equivalence of cohyponormality and cosubnormality of composition operators with linear fractional symbol, and yields a complete classification of those linear fractional that induce composition operators whose norms are determined by the action of the adjoint on the normalized reproducing kernels in the Hardy space.

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arXiv2004

Factorization of a class of Toeplitz + hankel operators and the A_p-condition

Let $M(ϕ)=T(ϕ)+H(ϕ)$ be the Toeplitz plus Hankel operator acting on $H^p(\T)$ with generating function $ϕ\in L^\iy(\T)$. In a previous paper we proved that $M(ϕ)$ is invertible if and only if $ϕ$ admits a factorization $ϕ(t)=ϕ_{-}(t)ϕ_{0}(t)$ such that $ϕ_{-}$ and $ϕ_{0}$ and their inverses belong to certain function spaces and such that a further condition formulated in terms of $ϕ_{-}$ and $ϕ_{0}$ is satisfied. In this paper we prove that this additional condition is equivalent to the Hunt-Muckenhoupt-Wheeden condition (or, $A_{p}$-condition) for a certain function $σ$ defined on $[-1,1]$, which is given in terms of $ϕ_{0}$. As an application, a necessary and sufficient criteria for the invertibility of $M(ϕ)$ with piecewise continuous functions $ϕ$ is proved directly. Fredholm criteria are obtained as well.

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arXiv2003

Wiener-Hopf determinants with Fisher-Hartwig symbols

With localization techniques one can obtain general limit theorems for Toeplitz determinants with Fisher-Hartwig singularities from the asymptotics for any symbol with one singularity of general type. There exists a family of these for which the determinants can be evaluated explicitly and their asymptotics determined. But for the Wiener-Hopf analogue, although there are likely analogous localization techniques, there is not a single example known of a symbol with Fisher-Hartwig singularity for which the determinant can be evaluated explicitly. In this paper we determine the asymptotics of Wiener-Hopf determinants for a symbol with one Fisher-Hartwig singularity of general type. We do this by showing that it is asymptotically equal to a Toeplitz determinant with symbol having the corresponding singularity.

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arXiv2003

On the Determinant of a Certain Wiener-Hopf + Hankel Operator

We establish an asymptotic formula for determinants of truncated Wiener-Hopf+Hankel operators with symbol equal to the exponential of a constant times the characteristic function of an interval. This is done by reducing it to the corresponding (known) asymptotics for truncated Toeplitz+Hankel operators. The determinants in question arise in random matrix theory in determining the limiting distribution for the number of eigenvalues in an interval for a scaled Laguerre ensemble of positive Hermitian matrices.

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arXiv2003

The X-ray problem revisited

In this letter we re-visit the X-ray problem. Assuming point interaction between the conduction electrons and the first instantaneously created core-hole, the latter's Green's function can be represented as a Fredholm determinant of certain Wiener-Hopf operators acting on L^2(0,T) with discontinuous symbols. Here the symbols are the local conduction electron Green's function in the frequency domain and T is the time the core-hole spends in the system before removal. In this situation, the classical theory of singular integral equations usually employed in the literature to compute the large T asymptotics of the Fredholm determinant ceased to be applicable. A rigorous theory first put forward in the context of operator theory comes into play and universal constants are found in the aymptotics.

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arXiv2002

Asymptotics of determinants of Bessel operators

In this paper we determine the asymptotics of the determinant of Bessel operators for sufficiently smooth generating functions. These operators are similar to Wiener-Hopf operators with the Fourier transform replaced by the Hankel transform and thus the asymptotics of the determinanst are similar to the well-known Szegö-Akhiezer-Kac formula for truncated Wiener-Hopf determinants. In order to compute the above, we also show that the Bessel operators differ from the Wiener-Hopf by a Hilbert-Schmidt operator.

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arXiv2001

Distribution Functions for Random Variables for Ensembles of positive Hermitian Matrices

Distribution functions for random variables that depend on a parameter are computed asymptotically for ensembles of positive Hermitian matrices. The inverse Fourier transform of the distribution is shown to be a Fredholm determinant of a certain operator that is an analogue of a Wiener-Hopf operator. The asymptotic formula shows that up to the terms of order $o(1)$, the distributions are Gaussian.

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arXiv2000

Some identities for determinants of structured matrices

In this paper we establish several relations between the determinants of the following structured matrices: Hankel matrices, symmetric Toeplitz + Hankel matrices and Toeplitz matrices. Using known results for the asymptotic behavior of Toeplitz determinants, these identities are used in order to obtain Fisher-Hartwig type results on the asymptotics of certain skewsymmetric Toeplitz determinants and certain Hankel determinants.

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arXiv2000

Determinants of Hankel Matrices

The purpose of this paper is to compute asymptotically Hankel determinants for weights that are supported in a semi-infinite interval.The main idea is to reduce the problem to determinants of other operators whose determinant asymptotics are well known.

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arXiv2000

On a Toeplitz determinant identity of Borodin and Okounkov

The authors of the title proved an elegant identity expressing a Toeplitz determinant in terms of the Fredholm determinant of an infinite matrix which (although not described as such) is the product of two Hankel matrices. The proof used combinatorial theory, in particular a theorem of Gessel expressing a Toeplitz determinant as a sum over partitions of products of Schur functions. The purpose of this note is to give two other proofs of the identity. The first uses an identity of the second author for the quotient of Toeplitz determinants in which the same product of Hankel matrices appears and the second, which is more direct and extends the identity to the case of block Toeplitz determinants, consists of carrying the first author's collaborative proof of the strong Szegö limit theorem one step further.

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arXiv1999

Determinants of Airy Operators and Applications to Random Matrices

The purpose of this paper is to describe asymptotic formulas for determinants of certain operators that are analogues of Wiener-Hopf operators. The determinant formulas yield information about the distribution functions for certain random variables that arise in random matrix theory when one rescales at the edge of the spectrum.

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