Peter J. Forrester

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
222 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Forrester is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Mathematical Physics and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Forrester has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Statistics and Probability, 97 papers in Mathematical Physics and 74 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Forrester's work include Random Matrices and Applications (138 papers), Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (74 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Geometry (50 papers). Peter J. Forrester is often cited by papers focused on Random Matrices and Applications (138 papers), Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (74 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Geometry (50 papers). Peter J. Forrester collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Peter J. Forrester's co-authors include R. J. Baxter, N. S. Witte, Taro Nagao, George E. Andrews, T. H. Baker, S. Ole Warnaar, N. E. Frankel, B. Jancovici, Eric M. Rains and Patrick Desrosiers and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Forrester

214 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Log-Gases and Random Matrices (L... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2010 1984 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Log-Gases and Random Matrices (LMS-34)
    2010 551 citations Peter J. Forrester Princeton University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Eight-vertex SOS model and generalized Rogers-Ramanujan-type identities
    1984 550 citations George E. Andrews, R. J. Baxter et al. profile →
  3. Log-Gases and Random Matrices
    2010 445 citations Peter J. Forrester profile →

Peers

Peter J. Forrester
Percy Deift United States
Craig A. Tracy United States
Harold Widom United States
Horng‐Tzer Yau United States
Andreĭ Okounkov United States
Philippe Di Francesco France
Tetsuji Miwa Japan
Eric M. Rains United States
A J Guttmann Australia
Jean-Bernard Zuber France
Percy Deift United States
Peter J. Forrester
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Shi‐Hao, et al.. (2025). Discrete orthogonal ensemble on the exponential lattices. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 164. 102836–102836.
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Forrester, Peter J., et al.. (2023). Finite size corrections relating to distributions of the length of longest increasing subsequences. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 145. 102482–102482. 6 indexed citations
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Kieburg, Mario, et al.. (2023). Cyclic Pólya Ensembles on the Unitary Matrices and their Spectral Statistics. Constructive Approximation. 57(3). 1063–1108. 2 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J.. (2023). A review of exact results for fluctuation formulas in random matrix theory. 20(none). 10 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J. & Shi‐Hao Li. (2019). Classical discrete symplectic ensembles on the linear and exponential lattice: skew orthogonal polynomials and correlation functions. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 373(1). 665–698. 6 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J., et al.. (2018). Volumes and distributions for random unimodular complex and quaternion lattices. Journal of Number Theory. 190. 1–39. 2 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J. & J. R. Ipsen. (2017). Selberg integral theory and Muttalib–Borodin ensembles. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 95. 152–176. 7 indexed citations
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Witte, N. S. & Peter J. Forrester. (2016). Singular Values of Products of Ginibre Random Matrices. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 138(2). 135–184. 12 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J. & J. R. Ipsen. (2016). Real eigenvalue statistics for products of asymmetric real Gaussian matrices. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 510. 259–290. 12 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J.. (2010). Log-Gases and Random Matrices (LMS-34). Princeton University Press eBooks. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Desrosiers, Patrick & Peter J. Forrester. (2008). A note on biorthogonal ensembles. Journal of Approximation Theory. 152(2). 167–187. 33 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J. & Taro Nagao. (2007). Eigenvalue Statistics of the Real Ginibre Ensemble. Physical Review Letters. 99(5). 50603–50603. 91 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J., et al.. (2006). RANDOM MATRIX THEORY AND THE SIXTH PAINLEV É EQUATION. 10 indexed citations
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Bulstrode, Neil, Norman Waterhouse, & Peter J. Forrester. (2006). Male Aesthetic Patients to Avoid, Slap-Simon. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 119(1). 452–452.
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Forrester, Peter J. & Alex Gamburd. (2005). Counting formulas associated with some random matrix averages. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 113(6). 934–951. 9 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J., et al.. (2004). Pieri-type formulas for the non-symmetric Jack polynomials. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 79(1). 1–24. 1 indexed citations
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Aomoto, Kazuhiko & Peter J. Forrester. (2000). On a Jacobian Identity Associated with Real Hyperplane Arrangements. Compositio Mathematica. 121(3). 263–295. 2 indexed citations
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Forrester, Peter J.. (1999). Exact distribution of every second eigenvalue in classical random matrix ensembles with orthogonal symmetry. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Baker, T. H. & Peter J. Forrester. (1998). Generalizations of theq-Morris Constant Term Identity. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 81(1). 69–87. 10 indexed citations
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Andrews, George E., R. J. Baxter, David M. Bressoud, et al.. (1987). Partitions with Prescribed Hook Differences. European Journal of Combinatorics. 8(4). 341–350. 32 indexed citations

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