We consider two species of particles performing random walks in a domain in R with reflecting boundary conditions, which annihilate on contact. In addition there is a conservation law so that the total number of particles of each type is preserved: When the two particles of different species annihilate each other, particles of each species, chosen at random, give birth. We assume initially equa...

The system of semi-relativistic particles coupled to a scalar bose field is investigated. A renormalized Hamiltonian is defined by subtracting a divergent term from the total Hamiltonian. We consider taking the scaling limit and removing the ultraviolet cutoffs simultaneously for the renormalized Hamiltonian. By applying an abstract scaling limit theory on self-adjoint operators, we derive the ...

We present a review of the recent progress on percolation scaling limits in two dimensions. In particular, we will consider the convergence of critical crossing probabilities to Cardy’s formula and of the critical exploration path to chordal SLE6, the full scaling limit of critical cluster boundaries, and near-critical scaling limits.

Fractal geometry of random curves appearing in the scaling limit of critical two-dimensional statistical systems is characterized by their harmonic measure and winding angle. The former is the measure of the jaggedness of the curves while the latter quantifies their tendency to form logarithmic spirals. We show how these characteristics are related to local operators of conformal field theory a...

The canonical application of multidimensional scaling (MDS) methods has been to color dissimilarities, visualizing these as distances in a low-dimensional space. Some questions remain: How well can the locations of stimuli in color space be recovered when data are sparse, and how well can systematic individual variations in perceptual scaling be distinguished from stochastic noise? We collected...

Both the slope and elevation of scaling relationships between log metabolic rate and log body size vary taxonomically and in relation to physiological or developmental state, ecological lifestyle and environmental conditions. Here I discuss how the recently proposed metabolic-level boundaries hypothesis (MLBH) provides a useful conceptual framework for explaining and predicting much, but not al...

This paper reviews some of the phenomenological models which have been introduced to incorporate the scaling properties of financial data. It also illustrates a microscopic model, based on heterogeneous interacting agents, which provides a possible explanation for the complex dynamics of markets’ returns. Scaling and multi-scaling analysis performed on the simulated data is in good quantitative...