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Author:   Harry Eugene Stanley ,  N. Ostrowsky
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1986 ed.
Volume:   100
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.390kg
ISBN:  

9789024732340

ISBN 10:   9024732344
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   30 November 1985
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A. “The Course”.- Growth: An Introduction.- Form: An Introduction to Self-Similarity and Fractal Behavior.- Scale-Invariant Diffusive Growth.- DLA in the Real World.- Percolation and Cluster Size Distribution.- Scaling Properties of the Probability Distribution for Growth Sites.- Computer Simulation of Growth and Aggregation Processes.- Rate Equation Approach to Aggregation Phenomena.- Experimental Methods for Studying Fractal Aggregates.- On the Rheology of Random Matter.- Development, Growth, and Form in Living Systems.- B. “The Seminars”.- Aggregation of Colloidal Silica.- Dynamics of Fractals.- Fractal Viscous Fingers: Experimental Results.- Wetting Induced Aggregation.- Light Scattering from Aggregating Systems: Static, Dynamic (QELS) and Number Fluctuations.- Flocculation and Gelation in Cluster Aggregation.- Branched Polymers.- Dynamics of Aggregation Processes.- Fractal Properties of Clusters during Spinodal Decomposition.- Kinetic Gelation.- Dendritic Growth by Monte Carlo.- Flow through Porous Materials.- Crack Propagation and Onset of Failure.- The Theta Point.- Field Theories of Walks and Epidemics.- Transport Exponents in Percolation.- Non-Universal Critical Exponents for Transport in Percolating Systems.- Lévy Walks Versus Lévy Flights.- Growth Perimeters Generated by a Kinetic Walk: Butterflies, Ants and Caterpillars.- Asymptotic Shape of Eden Clusters.- Occupation Probability Scaling in DLA.- Fractal Singularities in a Measure and “How to Measure Singularities on a Fractal”.- List of Participants.

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