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Nonlinear Resistor Fractal Networks

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Consider a fractal network of nonlinear resistors, each of which having the characteristic voltage-current relation1

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Blumenfeld, R., Aharony, A. (1991). Nonlinear Resistor Fractal Networks. In: Pynn, R., Skjeltorp, A. (eds) Scaling Phenomena in Disordered Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1402-9_33

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