Self-avoiding walks

DOI10.1007/BF03026612MaRDI QIDQ1323033zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gordon Slade

Publication date 10 May 1994

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03026612

zbMATH Keywords

critical exponentslattice animalsMonte Carlo methodspercolationself-avoiding walks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Review text

Self-avoiding walks are discrete paths without self-intersections, and play an important role in polymer science and statistical mechanics. This introductory review paper discusses the basic properties of self-avoiding walks on the integer lattice \(\mathbb{Z}^ d\), with emphasis on the asymptotic behaviour of the number of \(n\)-step self-avoiding walks and of the mean-square displacement. The critical exponents governing this asymptotic behaviour are described. Monte Carlo methods for analyzing self-avoiding walks are discussed. Lattice trees, lattice animals and percolation are briefly mentioned.

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