Self‐avoiding walk on the hypercube

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Abstract: We study the number cn(N) of n-step self-avoiding walks on the N-dimensional hypercube, and identify an N-dependent emph{connective constant} muN and amplitude AN such that cn(N) is O(muNn) for all n and N, and is asymptotically ANmuNn as long as nle2pN for any fixed p<frac12. We refer to the regime nll2N/2 as the emph{dilute phase}. We discuss conjectures concerning different behaviours of cn(N) when n reaches and exceeds 2N/2, corresponding to a critical window and a dense phase. In addition, we prove that the connective constant has an asymptotic expansion to all orders in N−1, with integer coefficients, and we compute the first five coefficients muN=N−1−N−1−4N−2−26N−3+O(N−4). The proofs are based on generating function and Tauberian methods implemented via the lace expansion, for which an introductory account is provided.




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