Witte–Forrester conjecture on Gaussian beta-ensemble one-point correlators

Let W1(l)(x)W_1^{(l)}(x) be the one-point correlator at order ll, let \hbar be the expansion parameter, and write yy for the spectral-curve quantity appearing in these correlators. For each index jj, let Pjl(x)P_j^l(x) be a polynomial in xx.

Witte–Forrester conjecture. For even l2l\leq 2,

W1(l)(x)=l[P1l(x)y3l2+P2l(x)y3l1]+l2[P3l(x)y3l2+P4l(x)y3l1]++2[Pl1l(x)y3l2+Pll(x)y3l1]+Pl+1l(x)y3l1.W_1^{(l)}(x)=\hbar^l\left[\frac{P_1^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-2}}+\frac{P_2^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-1}}\right]+\hbar^{l-2}\left[\frac{P_3^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-2}}+\frac{P_4^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-1}}\right]+\dots+\hbar^2 \left[\frac{P_{l-1}^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-2}}+\frac{P_l^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-1}}\right]+\frac{P_{l+1}^l(x)}{y^{3l-1}}.

Here degxPjl=l1\operatorname{deg}_x P_j^l=l-1 for j=1,3,,l1j=1,3,\dots,l-1, degxPjl=l\operatorname{deg}_x P_j^l=l for j=2,4,,lj=2,4,\dots,l, and degxPl+1l=l2\operatorname{deg}_x P_{l+1}^l=l-2. For odd l1l\geq 1,

W1l(x)=l[P1l(x)y3l2+P2l(x)y3l1]+l2[P3l(x)y3l2+P4l(x)y3l1]++[Pll(x)y3l2+Pl+1l(x)y3l1].W_1^l(x)=\hbar^l\left[\frac{P_1^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-2}}+\frac{P_2^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-1}}\right]+\hbar^{l-2}\left[\frac{P_3^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-2}}+\frac{P_4^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-1}}\right]+\dots +\hbar \left[\frac{P_l^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-2}}+\frac{P_{l+1}^{l}(x)}{y^{3l-1}}\right].

In the odd case, degxPjl=l1\operatorname{deg}_x P_j^l=l-1 for j=1,3,,lj=1,3,\dots,l, while degxPjl=l\operatorname{deg}_x P_j^l=l for j=2,4,,l+1j=2,4,\dots,l+1. In both formulas, each polynomial is even or odd according to its degree, and the leading term of W1l(x)W_1^l(x) as xx\to\infty has order x2l1x^{-2l-1}.

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Olivier Marchal, “Elements of proof for conjectures of Witte and Forrester about the combinatorial structure of Gaussian Beta Ensembles”, arXiv:1405.1182 (2014).

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