Non-intersecting paths

introduction

• discrete version of Gaussian unitary ensemble
• partiton function looks really similar
• determinantal point process
  
  • Karlin and McGregor
• correlation kernel

 

 

random surface

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history

• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=tl:1&q=

 

 

related items

• random matrix
• random tiling
• dimer model
• Macdonald theory

 

 

expositions

• http://web.mit.edu/sea06/agenda/talks/Kuijlaars.pdf