Statistics on a linear grid with a random-number generator. This figure inspired the idea of relating mortality to telomere loss.
Figure A1: Formation of Gaussians from weighted binomial distribution for steps to right and left, and net displacement. The analytic Gaussian function is shown by the curves. This figure is analyzed as a telomere-loss process in the book.
Figure A7. Evolution of a particle distribution with continuous injection, absorbing and reflecting boundaries, and step probabilities as noted. Gaussian and continuous injection approximations in the absence of boundaries are shown for comparison. The distributions are normalized to unity.
There are 6 more examples of statistical mechanical simulations in the book, and 20 more animations related to country mortality and population evolution; see HERE for Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine.