We consider the problem of the two-point resistance on an m ×n cobweb network with a 2r boundary, which has never been solved before. Up to now researchers just only solved the cases with free boundary or null re...We consider the problem of the two-point resistance on an m ×n cobweb network with a 2r boundary, which has never been solved before. Up to now researchers just only solved the cases with free boundary or null resistor boundary. This paper gives the general formulae of the resistance between any two nodes in both tinite and infinite cases using a method of direct summation pioneered by Tan [Z. Z. Tan, et al., J. Phys. A 46 (2013) 195202], which is simpler and can be easier to use in practice. This method contrasts the Green's function technique and the Laplacian matrix approach, which is difllcult to apply to the geometry of a cobweb with a 2r boundary. We deduce several interesting results according to our genera/formula. In the end we compare and illuminate our formulae with two examples. Our analysis gives the result directly as a single summation, and the result is mainly composed of the characteristic roots.展开更多
文摘We consider the problem of the two-point resistance on an m ×n cobweb network with a 2r boundary, which has never been solved before. Up to now researchers just only solved the cases with free boundary or null resistor boundary. This paper gives the general formulae of the resistance between any two nodes in both tinite and infinite cases using a method of direct summation pioneered by Tan [Z. Z. Tan, et al., J. Phys. A 46 (2013) 195202], which is simpler and can be easier to use in practice. This method contrasts the Green's function technique and the Laplacian matrix approach, which is difllcult to apply to the geometry of a cobweb with a 2r boundary. We deduce several interesting results according to our genera/formula. In the end we compare and illuminate our formulae with two examples. Our analysis gives the result directly as a single summation, and the result is mainly composed of the characteristic roots.