The DMPK limiting-density conjecture for ballistic initial conditions

Let nn\to\infty with fixed M\mathbb{M}. Let ρ~(λ~;M)\tilde{\rho}(\tilde{\lambda};\mathbb{M}) be the limiting empirical probability density of the solution of the DMPK equation with ballistic initial condition, and set λ~=sinh2x\tilde{\lambda}=\sinh^2 x. Define the resulting density by

ρ(x;M)=sinh(2x)ρ~(sinh2x;M).\rho(x;\mathbb{M})=\sinh(2x)\tilde{\rho}(\sinh^2x;\mathbb{M}).

DMPK limiting-density conjecture. The density ρ(x;M)\rho(x;\mathbb{M}) is related to ψ(x)\psi(x) by

ρ(x;M)=2xψ(x2),\rho(x;\mathbb{M})=2x\psi(x^2),

where ψ(x)\psi(x) is the function given by the paper's equation defining ψ\psi in the linear-potential case, with V(x)=x/MV(x)=x/\mathbb{M}.

The claim is motivated by identifying the transform U(ζ;M)=ζG~(ζ2)=I2(ζ2)U(\zeta;\mathbb{M})=\zeta\tilde{G}(\zeta^2)=\sqrt{\mathbf{I}_2(\zeta^2)} with the solution of the functional equation derived from the DMPK evolution. The assumption that the limiting empirical density exists and equals ρ~\tilde{\rho} is explicitly described as physically convincing but mathematically unproved, so the asserted relation remains open.

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Dong Wang and Dong Yao, “Biorthogonal polynomials related to quantum transport theory of disordered wires”, arXiv:2307.03720 (2025).

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