Prof. A.Its minicourse second lecture

[Boris Dubrovin]

	Professor Alexander ITS

(Brunel University & Imperial College; on leave of absence
from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis)

	will deliver the second lecture of the minicourse

The Riemann-Hilbert approach in the theory
          of Toeplitz and Hankel determinants.

on Thursday, February 7, 2008
at 16:00, Room D of SISSA Main Building

ABSTRACT: We will evaluate the large $n$  asymptotics for the
$n \times n $ Hankel determinant whose symbol is the Gaussian
multiplied by a step-like function (a joint work with I. Krasovsky)
We will also review some of the most recent results obtained in
the field and discuss some of its open questions.