A random lattice may be defined by constructing an empty grid, and then placing particles on the sites (or bonds) randomly, with some definite concentration p. Under certain conditions, a process called percolation may take place in such systems. In this article we wish to acquaint the readers of this Journal with percolation theory, and to show that such processes provide a qualitative mechanism for the onset of order in a cooperative system.
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1972
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