| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction to techniques -- Generating functions I -- Generating functions II : recurrence, sites visited, and the role of dimensionality -- Boundary conditions, steady state, and the electrostatic analogy -- Variations on the random walk -- The shape of a random walk -- Path integrals and self-avoidance -- Properties of the random walk : introduction to scaling -- Scaling of walks and critical phenomena -- Walks and the O(n) model : mean field theory and spin waves -- Scaling, fractals, and renormalization -- More on the renormalization group |
| Summary |
Random walks have proven to be a useful model in understanding processes across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines. This self-contained text will appeal to graduate students who need to understand the applications of random walk techniques, as well as to established researchers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-325) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Random walks (Mathematics)
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MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General.
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Random walks (Mathematics)
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Random walks (statistiek)
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Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie.
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Stochastische processen.
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Probabilidade.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaspari, George David.
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| ISBN |
9780511648137 |
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0511648138 |
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9780511610912 |
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0511610912 |
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1107147670 |
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9781107147676 |
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1282394770 |
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9781282394773 |
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9786612394775 |
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6612394773 |
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0511644353 |
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9780511644351 |
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0511566492 |
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9780511566493 |
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9780521535830 |
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0521535832 |
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