Laplacian path models. (Q1809908)

This paper deals with the following growth model; let \(\{K_t\}\), \(t\geq t_0\), be a growing family of connecting sets, where \(K_{t_0}\) is the initial configuration, and \(K_s\subset K_t\) for \(s< t\). The growth is localized at a finite number of points \(a_j(t)\), \(1\leq j\leq d\), so that \(K_t\setminus K_{t_0}\) consists of \(d\) disjoint smooth Jordan arcs from \(K_{t_0}\) to \(a_j(t)\); the points \(a_j(t)\) are the ``tips'' at time \(t\). The authors considers the family of domains \(\Omega_t= \widehat{\mathbb{C}}\setminus K_t\) and the (Loewner) chain of the Riemann maps \[ \varphi_t: Q\equiv\{z\mid | z|> 1\}\to \Omega_t\qquad (\infty\mapsto\infty,\;\varphi_t'(\infty)> 0). \] The main goal of the paper is the stability analysis of stationary solutions. By definition chain \(\{K_t\}\) is called stationary of \(K_t= \lambda(t) K_{t_0}\) for some positive increasing function \(\lambda(t)\), which means that the shape of configurations \(K_t\) does not change.