Highly efficient algorithm for percolative transport studies in two dimensions.

We present a fast algorithm using the Y-del transformation for calculating the conductance of large two-dimensional random resistor lattices. The procedure can also be used to calculate other quantities for which Y-del transformations can be defined. As an example of the method's usefulness, we present extensive data on square random resistor lattices as large as 1000 bonds on a side. Using this data, we estimate that the conductivity exponent t = 1.303/sub -0.014//sup +0.004/ in two dimensions.