Classical and Quantum Integrability in Laplacian Growth
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Eldad Bettelheim
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Abstract
We provide a review of Laplacian growth geared at making a link between this problem and quantum integrability. The purpose is to put to use the link between quantum integrability and conformal feld theory in order to provide a theory for the fractal structure of Laplacian growth clusters. The paper only provides the framework for this conjectural connection, while leaving the realization of this program for later work.
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BETTELHEIM, Eldad.
Classical and Quantum Integrability in Laplacian Growth.
Quarterly Physics Review, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 2, july 2017.
ISSN 2572-701X.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/qpr/article/view/1200>. Date accessed: 21 dec. 2024.
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field theory, quantum KdV theory and Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz. Communications in
Mathematical Physics, 1996.
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Field Theory II. Q-operator and DDV equation. Communications in Mathematical Physics,
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Field Theory III. The Yang-Baxter Relation. Communications in Mathematical Physics,
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Journal of Modern Physics A, 7:853–876, 1992.
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Enveloping Algebras. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 7:1325–1359, 1992.
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gravity and Toda theory. Nucl. Phys., B357:565–618, 1991.
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1981.
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J. Fluid. Mech., 22:273–283, 1965.
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Equation. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 6:2123–2147, 1992.
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and its Applications, 22(3):200–213, 1988.
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Physics, 1976.
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scattering theories. Physics Letters B, 253:391–394, 1991.
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and Lee-Yang models. Nuclear Physics B, 342:695–720, 1990.
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International Journal of Modern Physics A, 3:743–750, 1988.
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14 of Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics. World Scientific, 1992.
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Nuclear Physics B, 1990.
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conformal field theory. Nuclear Physics B, 337:156–180, June 1990.
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Model. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 1996.
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in Mathematical Physics, 186:601–648, 1997.
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Curves. Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, 1997.
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1998.
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Applications, 25:165–184, 1987.
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72. American Mathematical Soc., 2000.