The Oxford Handbook of Random Matrix Theory (Hardcover)

Gernot Akemann

ISBN 10: 0199574006 / ISBN 13: 9780199574001

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011

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Hardcover. With a foreword by Freeman Dyson, the handbook brings together leading mathematicians and physicists to offer a comprehensive overview of random matrix theory, including a guide to new developments and the diverse range of applications of this approach.In part one, all modern and classical techniques of solving random matrix models are explored, including orthogonal polynomials, exact replicas or supersymmetry. Further, all main extensions ofthe classical Gaussian ensembles of Wigner and Dyson are introduced including sparse, heavy tailed, non-Hermitian or multi-matrix models. In the second and larger part, all major applications arecovered, in disciplines ranging from physics and mathematics to biology and engineering. This includes standard fields such as number theory, quantum chaos or quantum chromodynamics, as well as recent developments such as partitions, growth models, knot theory, wireless communication or bio-polymer folding.The handbook is suitable both for introducing novices to this area of research and as a main source of reference for active researchers in mathematics, physics andengineering. Random matrix theory is applied by physicists and mathematicians to understand phenomena in nature and deep mathematical structures. This book offers a comprehensive look at random matrix theory by leading researchers, including applications inside and outside of physics and mathematics. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Oxford Handbook of Random Matrix Theory (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199574006
• ISBN 13: 9780199574001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Random matrix theory is applied by physicists and mathematicians to understand phenomena in nature and deep mathematical structures. This book offers a comprehensive look at random matrix theory by leading researchers, including applications inside and outside of physics and mathematics.

About the Author

Gernot Akemann gained his PhD in theoretical physics at Leibniz Universitat Hannover in 1996. He was an EU Marie-Curie Fellow from 1996 until 1998. He has worked at MPIK Heidelberg and later at CEA SPhT, where he held a Heisenberg fellowship. He is currently Professor for Mathematical Physics at the Faculty of Physics, Bielefeld University, Germany.


Jinho Baik gained his PhD in mathematics at New York University in 1999. He has been the recipient of the AMS Centennial Fellowship, the Sloan Research Fellowship and he won the CMFT2005 Young Researcher Award. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan.


Philippe Di Francesco gained his PhD in theoretical physics in 1989 at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6). He completed his habilitation in mathematics in 2004 at the Universite Paris Diderot (Paris 7). He was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics, Princeton and a professor with the Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina. He has been a research member of IPHT, CEA Saclay since 1989.