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A characterisation of the Gaussian free field

Probability 2020-04-24 v2

Abstract

We prove that a random distribution in two dimensions which is conformally invariant and satisfies a natural domain Markov property is a multiple of the Gaussian free field. This result holds subject only to a fourth moment assumption.

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@article{arxiv.1802.01195,
  title  = {A characterisation of the Gaussian free field},
  author = {Nathanael Berestycki and Ellen Powell and Gourab Ray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.01195},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Minor revisions. To appear in PTRF