Percolation and the Renormalization Process

G. Jan Wilms

Union University

Percolation and the Renormalization Process

What is this thing called Chaos?

Prominent Men in the History of Chaos

Edward Lorentz

Benoit Mandelbrot

Mitchell Feigenbaum

Percolation Theory

Forest Fire example

Renormalization

Constructing Supersites

Developing the Renormalization Equation

Solving the Equation

What are these values good for anyway?

What happens with successive applications of the renormalization process?

Suggestions for further investigation