Stochastic trajectories of beads in the Galton-board

M. Nuñez, A. López Villa, C. A. Vargas, A. Medina

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Abstract

The Galton's board is a periodic lattice with fixed nails at its nodes, spherical grains travel through them due to gravity. This system is commonly used to show the central limit theorem when a big quantity of grains fall down from the upper edge. We show the convenience of this system to present the main concepts of Markovian-stochastic motion of only one particle.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Pages299-309
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2011 - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 29 Jul 201131 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume110-116
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2011
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period29/07/1131/07/11

Keywords

  • Galton board
  • Langevin equation
  • Stochastic processes

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