Topology and geometry in polymer science. Papers from the IMA workshop, Minneapolis, MN, USA, June 1996 (Q1265666)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Edwards, S. F.}, Entanglements of polymers, 1-7 [Zbl 0932.57012] \textit{Orlandini, Enzo; Janse van Rensburg, E. J.; Tesi, Maria Carla; Whittington, S. G.}, Entropic exponents of knotted lattice polygons, 9-21 [Zbl 0932.57013] \textit{Bickis, Mikelis G.}, The torsion of three-dimensional random walk, 23-28 [Zbl 0918.60058] \textit{Kauffman, Louis H.; Huang, Milana; Greszczuk, Robert P.}, Self-repelling knots and local energy minima, 29-36 [Zbl 0912.57007] \textit{Diao, Y.; Ernst, C.; Janse van Rensburg, E. J.}, Properties of knot energies, 37-47 [Zbl 0932.57009] \textit{Simon, Jonathan}, Energy and thickness of knots, 49-65 [Zbl 0912.57005] \textit{Kusner, Robert B.; Sullivan, John M.}, On distortion and thickness of knots, 67-78 [Zbl 0912.57006] \textit{Diao, Y.; Janse van Rensburg, E. J.}, Percolation of linked circles, 79-88 [Zbl 0932.57011] \textit{Uberti, R.; Janse van Rensburg, E. J.; Orlandini, E.; Tesi, M. C.; Whittington, S. G.}, Minimal links in the cubic lattice, 89-100 [Zbl 0940.57011] \textit{Soteros, C. E.}, Knots in graphs in subsets of \(Z^3\), 101-133 [Zbl 0917.57004] \textit{Tesi, Maria Carla; Janse van Rensburg, E. J.; Orlandini, Enzo; Whittington, Stuart G.}, Topological entanglement complexity of polymer chains in confined geometries, 135-157 [Zbl 0940.57012] \textit{Einstein, T. L.; Stella, A. L.}, Survey of self-avoiding random surfaces on cubic lattices: Issues, controversies, and results, 159-173 [Zbl 0941.82032] \textit{Beichl, Isabel; Sullivan, Francis}, Computational methods in random surface simulation, 175-192 [Zbl 0941.82031] \textit{Janse van Rensburg, E. J.}, A model of lattice vesicles, 193-201 [Zbl 0939.82004]