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We derive a complete set of conservation laws for a directed sandpile model originally studied by Dhar and Ramaswamy, and discuss the rather minimal effect of these laws on the dynamics of avalanches.
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Speer, E.R. Conservation laws in a directed sandpile model. Lett Math Phys 33, 255–262 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749627
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749627