Exact formula for the mean length of a random walk on the Sierpinski tower

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2379-2385

  Kozak, John J ^a   Balakrishnan, V ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Fractals; Random walks; Sierpinski gasket

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; FRACTALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

RANDOM WALKS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0036876254     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127402006138     Document Type: Article

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