title: Corrections to scaling for watersheds, optimal path cracks, and bridge lines.
abstract: We study the corrections to scaling for the mass of the watershed, the bridge line, and the optimal path crack in two and three dimensions (2D and 3D). We disclose that these models have numerically equivalent fractal dimensions and leading correction-to-scaling exponents. We conjecture all three models to possess the same fractal dimension, namely, d(f) =1.2168 ± 0.0005 in 2D and d(f) = 2.487 ± 0.003 in 3D, and the same exponent of the leading correction, Ω = 0.9 ± 0.1 and Ω=1.0 ± 0.1, respectively. The close relations between watersheds, optimal path cracks in the strong disorder limit, and bridge lines are further supported by either heuristic or exact arguments.
authors.affiliation: IfB, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Schrenk
authors.forename: N A M
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kadau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grassberger
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Herrmann
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014872:Water Movements; D014881:Water Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D014867:Water