Thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2009. / "Submitted to Department of Mathematics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [95]-100)

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Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Mathematics, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / In this dissertation the partition function, $Z_n$, for the six-vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions is solved in the thermodynamic limit in various regions of the phase diagram. In the ferroelectric phase region, we show that $Z_n=CG^nF^{n^2}(1+O(e^{-n^{1-\ep}}))$ for any $\ep>0$, and we give explicit formulae for the numbers $C, G$, and $F$. On the critical line separating the ferroelectric and disordered phase regions, we show that $Z_n=Cn^{1/4}G^{\sqrt{n}}F^{n^2}(1+O(n^{-1/2}))$, and we give explicit formulae for the numbers $G$ and $F$. In this phase region, the value of the constant $C$ is unknown. In the antiferroelectric phase region, we show that $Z_n=C\th_4(n\om)F^{n^2}(1+O(n^{-1}))$, where $\th_4$ is Jacobi's theta function, and explicit formulae are given for the numbers $\om$ and $F$. The value of the constant $C$ is unknown in this phase region. In each case, the proof is based on reformulating $Z_n$ as the eigenvalue partition function for a random matrix ensemble (as observed by Paul Zinn-Justin), and evaluation of large $n$ asymptotics for a corresponding system of orthogonal polynomials. To deal with this problem in the antiferroelectric phase region, we consequently develop an asymptotic analysis, based on a Riemann-Hilbert approach, for orthogonal polynomials on an infinite regular lattice with respect to varying exponential weights. The general method and results of this analysis are given in Chapter 5 of this dissertation.

In this thesis, we establish an analog of the Paley-Wiener Theorem for the ZS-AKNS scattering transform on a set of real potentials. We also demonstrate one application of our techniques to the study of an inverse spectral problem for a half-line Miura potential Schroedinger equation.

The Manakov system appears in the physics of optical fibers, as well as in quantum mechanics, as multi-component versions of the Nonlinear Schr\"odinger and the Gross-Pitaevskii equations.Although the Manakov system is completely integrable its solutions are far from being explicit in most cases. However, the Inverse Scattering Transform (IST) can be exploited to obtain asymptotic information about solutions.This thesis will describe the IST of the Manakov system, and its asymptotic behavior at short times. I will compare the focusing and defocusing behavior, numerically and analytically, for squared barrier initial potentials. Finally, I will show that the continuous spectrum gives the dominant contribution at short-times.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:22:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:09:07Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_glf_me_sjrp.pdf: 4891307 bytes, checksum: d50ac695507aa5097767c494c073e3f8 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Neste trabalho estudaremos a relação existente entre polinômios ortogonais e matrizes aleatórias. Exibiremos uma caracterização de polinômios ortogonais via problemas de Riemann-Hilbert, a qual tem se mostrado uma ferramenta única para obtenção de assintóticas de polinômios ortogonais. Posteriormente, estudaremos a teoria básica dos ensembles unitários de matrizes aleatórias. Por fim, mostraremos como a teoria de assintóticas de polinômios ortogonais pode ser usada na análise assintótica de estatísticas de matrizes aleatórias, nos levando a resultados de universalidade para os ensembles unitários / We will exhibit a characterization of orthogonal p olynomials via Riemann-Hilbert problems, which has been shown a powerful to ol for studying asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials. Posteriorly we will review the basic theory of unitary ensembles of random matrices. At the end, we will show how asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials can be used to study asymptotics of several statistics in random matrix theory, obtaining universality results for the unitary ensembles

Orientador: Dimitar Kolev Dimitrov / Banca: Carlos Tomei / Banca: José  Alberto Cuminato / Resumo: Neste trabalho estudaremos a relação existente entre polinômios ortogonais e matrizes aleatórias. Exibiremos uma caracterização de polinômios ortogonais via problemas de Riemann-Hilbert, a qual tem se mostrado uma ferramenta única para obtenção de assintóticas de polinômios ortogonais. Posteriormente, estudaremos a teoria básica dos ensembles unitários de matrizes aleatórias. Por fim, mostraremos como a teoria de assintóticas de polinômios ortogonais pode ser usada na análise assintótica de estatísticas de matrizes aleatórias, nos levando a resultados de universalidade para os ensembles unitários / Abstract: We will exhibit a characterization of orthogonal p olynomials via Riemann-Hilbert problems, which has been shown a powerful to ol for studying asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials. Posteriorly we will review the basic theory of unitary ensembles of random matrices. At the end, we will show how asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials can be used to study asymptotics of several statistics in random matrix theory, obtaining universality results for the unitary ensembles / Mestre

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-166).