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Anomalous Diffusion in Random Flows

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Mathematics of Multiscale Materials

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The simplest model of turbulent transport is the random motion of Brownian particles passively convected by random, incompressible velocity fields.

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Fannjiang, A. (1998). Anomalous Diffusion in Random Flows. In: Golden, K.M., Grimmett, G.R., James, R.D., Milton, G.W., Sen, P.N. (eds) Mathematics of Multiscale Materials. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 99. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1728-2_6

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