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Asymptotic shape in a continuum growth model

Probability 2015-09-24 v1

Abstract

A continuum growth model is introduced. The state at time tt, StS_t, is a subset of Rd\mathbb{R}^d and consists of a connected union of randomly sized Euclidean balls, which emerge from outbursts at their center points. An outburst occurs somewhere in StS_t after an exponentially distributed time with expected value St1|S_t|^{-1} and the location of the outburst is uniformly distributed over StS_t. The main result is that if the distribution of the radii of the outburst balls has bounded support, then StS_t grows linearly and St/tS_t/t has a non-random shape as tt\rightarrow \infty. Due to rotation invariance the asymptotic shape must be a Euclidean ball.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06946,
  title  = {Asymptotic shape in a continuum growth model},
  author = {Maria Deijfen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06946},
  year   = {2015}
}
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