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An introduction to percolation theory

1971/05/01 by Vinod K.S. Shante, V. K. S. Shante, Scott Kirkpatrick · 2,501 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Conductivity #Continuum percolation theory #Directed percolation #Electrical resistivity and conductivity #Percolation (cognitive psychology) #Percolation critical exponents #Percolation theory #Percolation threshold #Physics #Quantum many-body systems #Quantum mechanics #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Statistical physics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #Theoretical physics

paper · doi:10.1080/00018737100101261

published in Advances In Physics 20(85), 325-357 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

Percolation theory, the theory of the properties of classical particles interacting with a random medium, is of wide applicability and provides a simple picture exhibiting critical behaviour, the features of which are well understood and amenable to detailed calculation. In this review the concepts of percolation theory and the general features associated with the critical region about the onset of percolation are developed in detail. In particular, several dimensional invariants are examined which make it possible to unify much of the available information, and to extend the insights of percolation theory to processes which have not yet received numerical study. The compilation of the results of percolation theory, both exact and numerical, is believed to be complete through 1970. A selective bibliography is given. In a concluding chapter several recent applications of percolation theory to classical and to quantum mechanical problems are discussed.

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