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The Loewner Equation: Maps and Shapes

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An approach called Schramm–Loewner evolution (SLE) provides a new method for dealing with a wide variety of scale-invariant problems in two dimensions. This approach is based upon an older method called Loewner Evolution (LE), which connects analytic and geometrical constructions in the complex plane. In this paper, the bases of LE and SLE are described and some simple applications are discussed in relatively non-technical form. A bibliography of the subject is presented.

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    Ilya A. Gruzberg & Leo P. Kadanoff

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Gruzberg, I.A., Kadanoff, L.P. The Loewner Equation: Maps and Shapes. Journal of Statistical Physics 114, 1183–1198 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000013973.40984.3b

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