Log-Gases and Random Matrices (LMS-34)

Abstract

Random matrix theory, both as an application and as a theory, has evolved rapidly over the past fifteen years.Log-Gases and Random Matricesgives a comprehensive account of these developments, emphasizing log-gases as a physical picture and heuristic, as well as covering topics such as beta ensembles and Jack polynomials.Peter Forrester presents an encyclopedic development of log-gases and random matrices viewed as examples of integrable or exactly solvable systems. Forrester develops not only the application and theory of Gaussian and circular ensembles of classical random matrix theory, but also of the Laguerre and Jacobi ensembles, and their beta extensions. Prominence is given to the comp..