On the geometry of uniform meandric systems
In 1912, Henri Poincaré asked the following simple question: “In how many different ways can a simple loop in the plane, called a meander, cross a line a specified number of times?” Despite many efforts, this question remains open after over a century. In this talk, I will focus on meandric systems, which are coupled collections of meanders. I will present (1) a conjecture which describes the large-scale geometry of a uniform meandric system and (2) several rigorous results which are consistent with this conjecture. Based on joint work with Ewain Gwynne and Minjae Park.
Area: IS4 - Stochastic Geometry (Jacopo Borga)
Keywords: Meandric systems, Schramm Loewner evolution, Conformal loop ensemble, Liouville quantum gravity
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