The self-avoiding walk

by Madras, Neal

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Title Statements

Full title :The self-avoiding walk / Neal Madras, Gordon Slade.

Summary

The self-avoiding walk is a mathematical model that has important applications in statistical mechanics and polymer science. In spite of its simple definition--a path on a lattice that does not visit the same site more than once--it is difficult to analyze mathematically. The Self-Avoiding Walk provides the first unified account of the known rigorous results for the self-avoiding walk, with particular emphasis on its critical behavior. Its goals are to give an account of the current mathematical understanding of the model, to indicate some of the applications of the concept in physics and in chemistry, and to give an introduction to some of the nonrigorous methods used in those fields. Topics covered in the book include: the lace expansion and its application to the self-avoiding walk in more than four dimensions where most issues are now resolved; an introduction to the nonrigorous scaling theory; classical work of Hammersley and others; a new exposition of Kesten's pattern theorem and its consequences; a discussion of the decay of the two-point function and its relation to probabilistic renewal theory; analysis of Monte Carlo methods that have been used to study the self-avoiding walk; the role of the self-avoiding walk in physical and chemical applications. Methods from combinatorics, probability theory, analysis, and mathematical physics play important roles. The book is highly accessible to both professionals and graduate students in mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

Reprint of the 1996 edition.

"Originally published in the series Probability and its applications"--Title page verso

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781461460251, 1461460255
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-6025-1.
oclc:ocn823739804
LC Classification:QA274.73
Dewey Decimal:519.2

Preface.- Introduction -- Scaling, polymers and spins -- Some combinatorial bounds -- Decay of the two-point function -- The lace expansion -- Above four dimensions -- Pattern theorems -- Polygons, slabs, bridges and knots -- Analysis of Monte Carlo methods -- Related Topics -- Random walk -- Proof of the renewal theorem -- Tables of exact enumerations -- Bibliography -- Notation -- Index.

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