Information loss in coarse graining of polymer configurations via contact matrices

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/21/303zbMATH Open1098.82014arXivmath-ph/0212035OpenAlexW2087759982MaRDI QIDQ4451202FDOQ4451202

Joel Lebowitz, Patrik Lino Ferrari

Publication date: 23 February 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Contact matrices provide a coarse grained description of the configuration omega of a linear chain (polymer or random walk) on Z^n: C_{ij}(omega)=1 when the distance between the position of the i-th and j-th step are less than or equal to some distance "a" and C_{ij}(omega)=0 otherwise. We consider models in which polymers of length N have weights corresponding to simple and self-avoiding random walks, SRW and SAW, with "a" the minimal permissible distance. We prove that to leading order in N, the number of matrices equals the number of walks for SRW, but not for SAW. The coarse grained Shannon entropies for SRW agree with the fine grained ones for n <= 2, but differs for n >= 3.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0212035

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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