11/08/07 MATHEMATICS
DEPARTMENT, FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
MATH
COLLOQUIUM, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 11:00 AM, STARR 138
SPEAKER: J. F. Nystrom, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ferris
State University
TITLE: On the Design of Diffusion Constants for Random Walks of
Squares, Triangles and
Cubes.
ABSTRACT:
We show how to design the value
of the diffusion constant D for the random walks of Squares and Triangles over
their respective regular lattice in two-dimensions, and for a random walk of a
Cube on the three-dimensional Cartesian lattice. By allowing movements to grid
locations other than nearest neighbors, we find that we can design the value of
the diffusion constant D to a value larger that unity (the default) or to a value
less than unity.
REFRESHMENTS: 11:00 am, STARR 138
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