Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1973 · 343 citations · 5 references
EngineeringMathematicsCell DivisionPattern FormationStochastic ProcessesCell GrowthCell Growth KineticsCell Population DynamicsDiffusion ProcessesMarkov ChainsMarkov ProcessesShapeStochastic Process Analysis
Let S be n dimensional Euclidean space and let T be a division of S into cells. Assume that each cell must be either white or black at any time t . At time 0 the cell at the origin, α 0 , is black and all other cells are white. Let G be some stochastic growth process which tends to change white cells with black neighbours into black cells. Let C(t) be the black shape at time t . For a family, F , of such growth processes we prove the following theorem.
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