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Mesoadditive processes and the specific conductivity of lattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. M. Hammersley
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Abstract

The hypercubic lattice with bonds of random electrical resistance affords a model for the specific conductivity of microscopically irregular material. The resulting stochastic process lies between a subadditive and a superadditive process: mesoadditive processes of this type provide several unsolved problems for pure mathematicians.

Keywords

ERGODIC THEORYELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE
Type
Part 8 - Random Walks, Graphs and Networks
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue A , 1988 , pp. 347 - 358
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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