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Continuity in $\kappa$ in $SLE_\kappa$ theory using a constructive method and Rough Path Theory

Probability 2020-02-20 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

Questions regarding the continuity in κ\kappa of the SLEκSLE_{\kappa} traces and maps appear very naturally in the study of SLE. In order to study the first question, we consider a natural coupling of SLE traces: for different values of κ\kappa we use the same Brownian motion. It is very natural to assume that with probability one, SLEκSLE_\kappa depends continuously on κ\kappa. It is rather easy to show that SLESLE is continuous in the Carath\'eodory sense, but showing that SLESLE traces are continuous in the uniform sense is much harder. In this note we show that for a given sequence κjκ(0,8/3)\kappa_j\to\kappa \in (0, 8/3), for almost every Brownian motion SLEκSLE_\kappa traces converge locally uniformly. This result was also recently obtained by Friz, Tran and Yuan using different methods. In our analysis, we provide a constructive way to study the SLEκSLE_{\kappa} traces for varying parameter κ(0,8/3)\kappa \in (0, 8/3). The argument is based on a new dynamical view on the approximation of SLE curves by curves driven by a piecewise square root approximation of the Brownian motion. The second question can be answered naturally in the framework of Rough Path Theory. Using this theory, we prove that the solutions of the backward Loewner Differential Equation driven by κBt\sqrt{\kappa}B_t when started away from the origin are continuous in the pp-variation topology in the parameter κ\kappa, for all κR+\kappa \in \mathbb{R}_+

Cite

@article{arxiv.2002.08308,
  title  = {Continuity in $\kappa$ in $SLE_\kappa$ theory using a constructive method and Rough Path Theory},
  author = {Dmitry Beliaev and Terry J. Lyons and Vlad Margarint},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.08308},
  year   = {2020}
}

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22 pages, no figures

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