Geodesic
Conformal invariance in hydrodynamic turbulence
Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, Tome 62 (2007) no. 3, pp. 497-510

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This short survey is written by a physicist. It contains neither theorems nor precise definitions. Its main content is a description of the results of numerical solution of the equations of fluid mechanics in the regime of developed turbulence. Due to limitations of computers, the results are not very precise. Despite being neither exact nor rigorous, the findings may nevertheless be of interest for mathematicians. The main result is that the isolines of some scalar fields (vorticity, temperature) in two-dimensional turbulence belong to the class of conformally invariant curves called SLE (Scramm–Löwner evolution) curves. First, this enables one to predict and find a plethora of quantitative relations going far beyond what was known previously about turbulence. Second, it suggests relations between phenomena that seemed unrelated, like the Euler equation and critical percolation. Third, it shows that one is able to get exact analytic results in statistical hydrodynamics. In short, physicists have found something unexpected and hope that mathematicians can help to explain it. 
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G. Falkovich. Conformal invariance in hydrodynamic turbulence. Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, Tome 62 (2007) no. 3, pp. 497-510. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/RM_2007_62_3_a4/