Almost-sure welding and triangular-factorization conjecture

Let μ0\mu_0 be Werner's measure on self-avoiding loops, let ν0\nu_0 be its induced measure on welding homeomorphisms σ\sigma, and let WW be the welding map. A quasicircle is a Jordan curve admitting a parametrization obtained by restricting a quasiconformal homeomorphism of C{}\mathbb C\cup\{\infty\} to S1S^1. A triangular factorization is a factorization σ=lau\sigma=lau with the middle rotational factor normalized by m=1m=1. Welding-factorization conjecture. (a) μ0\mu_0 has measure zero on quasicircles; (b) WW is one-to-one on a set of full μ0\mu_0 measure; and (c) ν0\nu_0-almost surely, σ\sigma has a unique triangular factorization with m=1m=1. These are unresolved foundational issues needed to make the welding parametrization and factorization description rigorous almost surely.

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Angel Chavez and Doug Pickrell, “Werner's Measure on Self-Avoiding Loops and Welding”, arXiv:1401.2675 (2014).

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