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245 10 a| First steps in random walksh| [electronic resource] :b| from tools to applications /c| J. Klafter and I.M. Sokolov.;

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300 a| vi, 152 p. :b| ill. ;c| 26 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 8 a| Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Characteristic Functions -- 2. Generating Functions and Applications -- 3. Continuous Time Random Walks -- 4. CTRW and Aging Phenomena -- 5. Master Equations -- 6. Fractional Diffusion and Fokker-Planck Equations for Subdiffusion -- 7. Levy Flights -- 8. Coupled CTRW and Levy Walks -- 9. Simple Reactions: A+B->B -- 10. Random Walks on Percolation Structures.;

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520 a| "The name "random walk" for a problem of a displacement of a point in a sequence of independent random steps was coined by Karl Pearson in 1905 in a question posed to readers of "Nature". The same year, a similar problem was formulated by Albert Einstein in one of his Annus Mirabilis works. Even earlier such a problem was posed by Louis Bachelier in his thesis devoted to the theory of financial speculations in 1900. Nowadays the theory of random walks has proved useful in physics and chemistry (diffusion, reactions, mixing in flows), economics, biology (from animal spread to motion of subcellular structures) and in many other disciplines. The random walk approach serves not only as a model of simple diffusion but of many complex sub- and super-diffusive transport processes as well. This book discusses the main variants of random walks and gives the most important mathematical tools for their theoretical description"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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First steps in random walks from tools to applications / J. Klafter and I.M. Sokolov.

Author/creator	Klafter, J.
Other author	Sokolov, Igor M., 1958-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Description	vi, 152 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Random walks (Mathematics)

Contents	Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Characteristic Functions -- 2. Generating Functions and Applications -- 3. Continuous Time Random Walks -- 4. CTRW and Aging Phenomena -- 5. Master Equations -- 6. Fractional Diffusion and Fokker-Planck Equations for Subdiffusion -- 7. Levy Flights -- 8. Coupled CTRW and Levy Walks -- 9. Simple Reactions: A+B->B -- 10. Random Walks on Percolation Structures.
Abstract	"The name "random walk" for a problem of a displacement of a point in a sequence of independent random steps was coined by Karl Pearson in 1905 in a question posed to readers of "Nature". The same year, a similar problem was formulated by Albert Einstein in one of his Annus Mirabilis works. Even earlier such a problem was posed by Louis Bachelier in his thesis devoted to the theory of financial speculations in 1900. Nowadays the theory of random walks has proved useful in physics and chemistry (diffusion, reactions, mixing in flows), economics, biology (from animal spread to motion of subcellular structures) and in many other disciplines. The random walk approach serves not only as a model of simple diffusion but of many complex sub- and super-diffusive transport processes as well. This book discusses the main variants of random walks and gives the most important mathematical tools for their theoretical description"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011023454
ISBN	9780199234868 (hardback : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0199234868 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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