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Strength Distribution of Repeatedly Broken Chains

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We determine the probability distribution of the breaking strength for chains of N links, which have been produced by repeatedly breaking a very long chain.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England

    Michael Wilkinson

  2. Department of Physics, Göteborg University, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Bernhard Mehlig

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Correspondence to Michael Wilkinson.

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PACS: 02.50.-r, 05.40.-a.

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Wilkinson, M., Mehlig, B. Strength Distribution of Repeatedly Broken Chains. J Stat Phys 127, 1279–1286 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-007-9320-2

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