Asymptotics of bordered Toeplitz determinants and next-to-diagonal Ising correlations

We prove the analogue of the strong Szeg{H o} limit theorem for a large class of bordered Toeplitz determinants. In particular, by applying our results to the formula of Au-Yang and Perk cite{YP} for the next-to-diagonal correlations $langle sigma_{0,0}sigma_{N-1,N} rangle$ in the anisotropic square lattice Ising model, we rigorously justify that the next-to-diagonal long-range order is the same as the diagonal and horizontal ones in the low temperature regime. The anisotropy-dependence of the subleading term in the asymptotics of the next-to-diagonal correlations is also established. We use Riemann-Hilbert and operator theory techniques, independently and in parallel, to prove these results.