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These random walks resemble voltage arcs.
by hcarvalhoalves 12y ago
These random walks resemble voltage arcs.
- Kronopath 12y agoThat's because arcs are kind of like semi-random searches through air for a place that will equalize the voltage. See, for example, slow-motion videos of lightning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kI1d7DMbco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kI1d7DMbco
- mrcactu5 12y agothere is a mathematical link between random walks spanning trees and electrical networks * http://www-math.mit.edu/~goemans/18434S11/RachelChasin-1.pdf http://www-math.mit.edu/~goemans/18434S11/RachelChasin-1.pdf * RANDOM WALKS AND ELECTRIC NETWORKS Peter G. Doyle (Dartmouth), J. Laurie Snell (Dartmouth) http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0001057 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0001057