2017/01/04 by Tridib Sadhu, Sadhu, Tridib
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Protein Structure and Dynamics #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.stat-mech #math-ph #math.MP
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1701.01125
This is a PhD Thesis completed under supervision of Prof. Deepak Dhar
arxiv created 2017/01/04 · openalex publication_date 2017/01/04 · arxiv updated 2017/01/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this thesis we present few theoretical studies of the models of self-organized criticality. Following a brief introduction of self-organized criticality, we discuss three main problems. The first problem is about growing patterns formed in the abelian sandpile model (ASM). The patterns exhibit proportionate growth where different parts of the pattern grow in same rate, keeping the overall shape unchanged. This non-trivial property, often found in biological growth, has received increasing attention in recent years. In this thesis, we present a mathematical characterization of a large class of such patterns in terms of discrete holomorphic functions. In the second problem, we discuss a well known model of self-organized criticality introduced by Zhang in 1989. We present an exact analysis of the model and quantitatively explain an intriguing property known as the emergence of quasi-units. In the third problem, we introduce an operator algebra to determine the steady state of a class of stochastic sandpile models.