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Introduction

Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNMECOLE,volume 2101)

Abstract

Around mid-1960s, mathematical physicists began to analyze properties of disordered media such as structures of polymers and networks, growth of molds and crystals (see for example, [44]). They observed anomalous behavior for random walks/diffusions on the media.

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  • Heat Kernel
  • Percolation Cluster
  • Simple Random Walk
  • Bond Percolation
  • Critical Percolation

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Kumagai, T. (2014). Introduction. In: Random Walks on Disordered Media and their Scaling Limits. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 2101. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03152-1_1

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