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Strange kinetics

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The once abstract notions of fractal space and time now appear naturally and inevitably in chaotic dynamical systems and lead to 'strange kinetics' and anomalous transport properties. An understanding of this kind of dynamical behaviour should provide insights into, for example, turbulent fluid dynamics and particle random-walk processes.

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  1. Physics Division, Office of Naval Research, 800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22217

    Michael F. Shlesinger

  2. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics Department, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York, 10012, USA

    George M. Zaslavsky

  3. Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139

    Joseph Klafter

  4. School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University. Ramat-Aviv, Israel, 69978

    Joseph Klafter

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