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Random Walks and Random Environments: Volume 2: Random Environments

By Barry D. Hughes

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1996
ISBN
0198537891, 9780198537892
LCC
QA274.73 .H84 1995
Open Library ID
OL1119219M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7216929 bytes)
Volume
Volume 2
Pages
274\274
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Orientation
yes
Scanned
landscape
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
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Description

This is the second volume of a two-volume work devoted to probability theory in physical chemistry, and engineering. Rather than dealing explicitly with the idea of an ongoing random walk, with each chaotic step taking place at fixed time intervals, this volume addresses models in which the disorder is frozen in space-random environments. It begins with an introduction to the geometry of random environments, emphasizing Bernoulli percolation models. The scope of the investigation then widens as we ask how structural disorder affects the transport process. The final chapters confront the interplay of two different forms of randomness; spatial randomness frozen into the environment and temporal randomness associated with the choices for next steps made by a random walker. The book ends with a discussion of "the ant in the labyrinth" problems and an extensive bibliography that, along with the rest of the material, will be of value to researchers in physics, mathematics, and chemical engineering.

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