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Introduction to Percolation Theory by Amnon Aharony and Dietrich Stauffer (1992, Hardcover)

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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100748400273

ISBN-139780748400270

eBay Product ID (ePID)260077

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NameIntroduction to Percolation Theory

LanguageEnglish

SubjectChemistry / Organic, Chemistry / General

Publication Year1992

TypeTextbook

AuthorAmnon Aharony, Dietrich Stauffer

Subject AreaScience

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN94-200274

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal530.1/3

Table Of ContentPreface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Forest Fires, Fractal Oil Fields, and Diffusion What is percolation? Forest fires Oil fields and fractals Diffusion in disordered media Coming attractions Further reading Cluster Numbers The truth about percolation Exact solution in one dimension Small clusters and animals in d dimensions Exact solution for the Bethe lattice Towards a scaling solution for cluster numbers Scaling assumptions for cluster numbers Numerical tests Cluster numbers away from Pc Further reading Cluster Structure Is the cluster perimeter a real perimeter? Cluster radius and fractal dimension Another view on scaling The infinite cluster at the threshold Further reading Finite-size Scaling and the Renormalization Group Finite-size scaling Small cell renormalization Scaling revisited Large cell and Monte Carlo renormalization Connection to geometry Further reading Conductivity and Related Properties Conductivity of random resistor networks Internal structure of the infinite cluster Multitude of fractal dimensions on the incipient infinite cluster Multifractals Fractal models Renormalization group for internal cluster structure Continuum percolation, Swiss-cheese models and broad distributions Elastic networks Further reading Walks, Dynamics and Quantum Effects Ants in the labyrinth Probability distributions Fractons and superlocalization Hulls and external accessible perimeters Diffusion fronts Invasion percolation Further reading Application to Thermal Phase Transitions Statistical physics and the Ising model Dilute magnets at low temperatures History of droplet descriptions for fluids Droplet definition for the Ising model in zero field The trouble with Kertesz Applications Dilute magnets at finite temperatures Spin glasses Further reading Summary Numerical Techniques

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

SynopsisThis work dealing with percolation theory clustering, criticallity, diffusion, fractals and phase transitions takes a broad approach to the subject, covering basic theory and also specialized fields like disordered systems and renormalization groups.

LC Classification NumberQC174.85.P45S73 1994