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Encyclopedic in scope, this book achieves an excellent balance between the theoretical and physical approaches to the subject. It coherently leads the reader from first-principle definitions, through a combination of physical and mathematical arguments, to the full derivation of many fundamental results. The vast amount of material and impeccable choice of topics make it an invaluable reference. -- Eduardo Duenez, University of Texas, San Antonio This self-contained treatment starts from the basics and leads to the 'high end' of the subject. Forrester often gives new derivations of old results that beginners will find helpful, and the coverage of comprehensive topics will be useful to practitioners in the field. -- Boris Khoruzhenko, Queen Mary, University of London

Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. xi*Chapter One. Gaussian Matrix Ensembles, pg. 1*Chapter Two. Circular Ensembles, pg. 53*Chapter Three. Laguerre And Jacobi Ensembles, pg. 85*Chapter Four. The Selberg Integral, pg. 133*Chapter Five. Correlation functions at ss = 2, pg. 186*Chapter Six. Correlation Functions At ss= 1 And 4, pg. 236*Chapter Seven. Scaled limits at ss = 1, 2 and 4, pg. 283*Chapter Eight. Eigenvalue probabilities - Painleve systems approach, pg. 328*Chapter Nine. Eigenvalue probabilities- Fredholm determinant approach, pg. 380*Chapter Ten. Lattice paths and growth models, pg. 440*Chapter Eleven. The Calogero-Sutherland model, pg. 505*Chapter Twelve. Jack polynomials, pg. 543*Chapter Thirteen. Correlations for general ss, pg. 592*Chapter Fourteen. Fluctuation formulas and universal behavior of correlations, pg. 658*Chapter Fifteen. The two-dimensional one-component plasma, pg. 701*Bibliography, pg. 765*Index, pg. 785

About the Author

Peter J. Forrester is professor of mathematics at the University of Melbourne.

Reviews

"Log-Gases and Random Matrices is an excellent book. It is bound to become an instant classic and the standard reference to a large body of contemporary random matrix theory. It is a well-written tour through a vast landscape. The contemporary literature is extensively referenced and incorporated in the text, and the material is presented from several perspectives. Forrester has achieved the pedagogical equivalent of Dyson's 'Threefold Way' by writing an advanced monograph appealing equally to physicists, mathematicians, and statisticians."--Steven Joel Miller and Eduardo Duenez, Mathematical Reviews