Exactly solvable sandpile with fractal avalanching

Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics. 1999 Jun;59(6):6356-60. doi: 10.1103/physreve.59.6356.

Abstract

A simple one-dimensional sandpile model is constructed which possesses exact analytical solvability while displaying both scale-free behavior and fractal properties. The sandpile grows by avalanching on all scales, yet its shape and energy content are described by a simple, continuous (but nowhere differentiable) analytical formula. The avalanche energy distribution and the avalanche time series are both power laws with index -1 ("1/f spectra").