2004/02/04 by Somendra M. Bhattacharjee, Bhattacharjee, Somendra M.
Physics and Astronomy · #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0402117
Lecture note, SERC School on "The Physics of Disordered Systems", IMSC, Chennai. 13 pages
arxiv created 2004/02/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
This is a set of introductory lectures on the behaviour of a directed polymer in a random medium. Both the intuitive picture that helps in developing an understanding and systematic approaches for quantitative studies are discussed.