Physical Review Letters · 2000 · 274 citations · 22 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsPhysicsMathematical PhysicsQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsIntegrable SystemsInterface PhysicsLow-dimensional SystemsQuantum Field TheoryQuantum GravityString TheoryCompletely Integrable SystemsHierarchyQuantum Integrable Systems
We establish the equivalence of 2D contour dynamics to the dispersionless limit of the integrable Toda hierarchy constrained by a string equation. Remarkably, the same hierarchy underlies 2D quantum gravity.
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Viscous flows in two dimensions
David Bensimon, Leo P. Kadanoff, Shoudan Liang et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1986 · 751 citations