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Genus-zero Whitham hierarchies in conformal-map dynamics

Luis Martinez Alonso, Elena Medina

nlin.SIarXiv:nlin/0609037

Abstract

A scheme for solving quasiclassical string equations is developped to prove that genus-zero Whitham hierarchies describe the deformations of planar domains determined by rational conformal maps. This property is applied in normal matrix models to show that deformations of simply-connected supports of eigenvalues under changes of coupling constants are governed by genus-zero Whitham hierarchies.

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