The homogenization problem for the Vicsek set

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-190

  Hambly, B M ^a,b   Metz, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

31C25; 60J60; Diffusion; Dirichlet form; Effective resistance; Fractal; Homogenization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037909794     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(98)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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