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Title: PLAYING WITH SANDPILES.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:15006430

The Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld sandpile model provides a simple and elegant system with which to demonstrate self-organized criticality. This model has rather remarkable mathematical properties first elucidated by Dhar. I demonstrate some of these properties graphically with a simple computer simulation.

Research Organization:
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/SC (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
15006430
Report Number(s):
BNL-71955-2004-CP; R&D Project: PO-22; KA140102; TRN: US0400732
Resource Relation:
Conference: NIELS BOHR SUMMER INSTITUTE ON COMPLEXITY AND CRITICALITY, COPENHAGEN (DK), 08/21/2003--08/23/2003; Other Information: PBD: 21 Jan 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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