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M. L. Mehta

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Zeros of some bi-orthogonal polynomials

Ercolani and McLaughlin have recently shown that the zeros of the bi-orthogonal polynomials with the weight $w(x,y)=\exp[-(V_1(x)+V_2(y)+2cxy)/2]$, relevant to a model of two coupled hermitian matrices, are real and simple. We show that their argument applies to the more general case of the weight $(w_1*w_2*...*w_j)(x,y)$, a convolution of several weights of the same form. This general case is relevant to a model of several hermitian matrices coupled in a chain. Their argument also works for the weight $W(x,y)=e^{-x-y}/(x+y)$, $0\le x,y<\infty$, and for a convolution of several such weights.

math-ph

Moments of the characteristic polynomial in the three ensembles of random matrices

Moments of the characteristic polynomial of a random matrix taken from any of the three ensembles, orthogonal, unitary or symplectic, are given either as a determinant or a pfaffian or as a sum of determinants. For gaussian ensembles comparing the two expressions of the same moment one gets two remarkable identities, one between an $n\times n$ determinant and an $m\times m$ determinant and another between the pfaffian of a $2n\times 2n$ anti-symmetric matrix and a sum of $m\times m$ determinants.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Matrices coupled in a chain. II. Spacing functions

For the eigenvalues of $p$ complex hermitian $n\times n$ matrices coupled in a chain, we give a method of calculating the spacing functions. This is a generalization of the one matrix case which has been known for a long time.

cond-mat