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Christophe P Haynes1, Anthony P Roberts
1School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
Abstract:
We settle a long-standing controversy about the exactness of the fractal Einstein and Alexander-Orbach laws by showing that the properties of a class of fractal trees violate both laws. A new formula is derived which unifies the two classical results by showing that if one holds, then so must the other, and resolves a puzzling discrepancy in the properties of Eden trees and diffusion-limited aggregates. We also conjecture that the result holds for networks which have no fractal dimension. The failure of the classical laws is attributed to anisotropic exploration of the network by a random walker. The occurrence of this newly revealed behavior means that the conventional laws must be checked if they, or numerous results which depend on them, are to be applied accurately.
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