A transfer-matrix approach to random resistor networks
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 15 (10) , L557-L564
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/15/10/007
Abstract
We introduce a transfer-matrix formulation to compute the conductance of random resistor networks. We apply this method to strips of width up to 40, and use finite size scaling arguments to obtain an estimate for the conductivity critical exponent in two dimensions, t = 1.28*0.03.Keywords
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