Geodesic distance in planar graphs
Geodesic distance in planar graphs
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DOI:
10.1016/s0550-3213(03)00355-9
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发表时间:
2003-07-28
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Guitter, E
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作者:
Bouttier, J;Di Francesco, P;Guitter, E
We derive the exact generating function for planar maps (genus zero fatgraphs) with vertices of arbitrary even valence and with two marked points at a fixed geodesic distance. This is done in a purely combinatorial way based on a bijection with decorated trees, leading to a recursion relation on the geodesic distance. The latter is solved exactly in terms of discrete soliton-like expressions, suggesting an underlying integrable structure. We extract from this solution the fractal dimensions at the various (multi)-critical points, as well as the precise scaling forms of the continuum two-point functions and the probability distributions for the geodesic distance in (multi)-critical random surfaces. The two-point functions are shown to obey differential equations involving the residues of the KdV hierarchy. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.