Biorthogonal measures, polymer partition functions, and random matrices

Cafasso, Mattia;Claeys, Tom
(2026) Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincare. B, Probability and Statistics — (2026)

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  • Cafasso, MattiaUniversité d'Angers
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  • Claeys, Tomorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
We develop the study of a particular class of biorthogonal measures, encompassing at the same time several random matrix models and partition functions of polymers. This general framework allows us to characterize the partition functions of the Log Gamma polymer and the mixed polymer in terms of explicit biorthogonal measures, as it was previously done for the homogeneous O’Connell-Yor polymer by Imamura and Sasamoto. In addition, we show that the biorthogonal measures associated to these three polymer models (Log Gamma, O’Connell-Yor, and mixed polymer) converge to random matrix eigenvalue distributions in small temperature limits. We also clarify the connection between different Fredholm determinant representations and explain how our results might be useful for asymptotic analysis and large deviation estimates.
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Cafasso, M., & Claeys, T. (2026). Biorthogonal measures, polymer partition functions, and random matrices. Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincare. B, Probability and Statistics. Accepted/in-press. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/269792 (Original work published 2026)