Exoplanet Statistics and Theoretical Implications

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In the last few years, significant advances have been made in understanding the distributions of exoplanet populations and the architecture of planetary systems.

• We review the recent progress of planet statistics, with a focus on the inner <~ 1 AU region of the planetary system that has been fairly thoroughly surveyed by the Kepler mission.
• We also discuss the theoretical implications of these statistical results for planet formation and dynamical evolution.