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BROWN PATH [1 record]

Record 1 1994-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The erratic path of a particle suspended into a liquid.

CONT

In 1953 Taylor had proof that Brownian paths have Haussdorf dimension 2 with probability one.

OBS

The importance of the Brownian probability distribution is that it is the only distribution for which the paths have stationary, independent isotropic increments of finite variance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Courbe fractale décrite par le mouvement erratique d'une particule en suspension dans un fluide.

OBS

La «traînée» que trace le mouvement brownien a désormais acquis le droit d'être comptée parmi les «hasards primaires» [...] elle comporte des points multiples innombrables, même au strict sens mathématique du terme, ce qui, bien entendu, est inacceptable pour une côte.

OBS

Le néologisme [traînée] est proposé par B. Mandelbrot.

Spanish

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