Diffusion‐Limited Aggregation: A Model for Pattern Formation
NOV 01, 2000
Recent insights from this well‐studied model have led to many new applications—from river networks to oil recovery, and from electrodeposition to string theory.
DOI: 10.1063/1.1333284
Nature confronts us at every turn with patterns—whether the stately spiral shapes of galaxies and hurricanes or the beautiful symmetries of snowflakes and silicon. A host of processes can play a role in forming natural patterns, though they usually involve an interaction between the transport and the thermodynamic properties of the matter and radiation involved.
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Thomas C. Halsey. ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co, Annandale, New Jersey.
© 2000. American Institute of Physics
