Toeplitz matrices and Toeplitz determinants under the impetus of the   Ising model. Some history and some recent results
  We review some history and some recent results concerning Toeplitz determinants and their applications. We discuss, in particular, the crucial role of the two-dimensional Ising model in stimulating the development of the theory of Toeplitz determinants. 
P. Deift, A. Its, I. Krasovsky
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