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Exact solutions for a mean-field Abelian sandpile

adap-org 2009-10-22 v1 Condensed Matter Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

Abstract

We introduce a model for a sandpile, with N sites, critical height N and each site connected to every other site. It is thus a mean-field model in the spin-glass sense. We find an exact solution for the steady state probability distribution of avalanche sizes, and discuss its asymptotics for large N.

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@article{arxiv.adap-org/9306004,
  title  = {Exact solutions for a mean-field Abelian sandpile},
  author = {Steven A. Janowsky and Claude A. Laberge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:adap-org/9306004},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, LaTeX

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