An infinite family of adsorption models and restricted Lukasiewicz paths

DOI10.1007/S10955-011-0306-8zbMATH Open1375.82046arXiv1105.0306OpenAlexW3104234753MaRDI QIDQ658441FDOQ658441

R. Brak, Thomas Prellberg, G. K. Iliev

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define $(k,ell)$-restricted Lukasiewicz paths, $kleellinmathbb{N}_0$, and use these paths as models of polymer adsorption. We write down a polynomial expression satisfied by the generating function for arbitrary values of $(k,ell)$. The resulting polynomial is of degree $ell+1$ and hence cannot be solved explicitly for sufficiently large $ell$. We provide two different approaches to obtain the phase diagram. In addition to a more conventional analysis, we also develop a new mathematical characterization of the phase diagram in terms of the discriminant of the polynomial and a zero of its highest degree coefficient. We then give a bijection between $(k,ell)$-restricted Lukasiewicz paths and "rise"-restricted Dyck paths, identifying another family of path models which share the same critical behaviour. For $(k,ell)=(1,infty)$ we provide a new bijection to Motzkin paths. We also consider the area-weighted generating function and show that it is a q-deformed algebraic function. We determine the generating function explicitly in particular cases of $(k,ell)$-restricted Lukasiewicz paths, and for $(k,ell)=(0,infty)$ we provide a bijection to Dyck paths.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0306

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zbMATH Keywords

lattice pathDyck pathMotzkin pathLukasiewicz pathpolymer adsorption

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15)

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