The Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Walks, Polygons, Animals and Vesicles (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

The self-avoiding walk is a classical model in statistical mechanics, probability theory and mathematical physics. It is also a simple model of polymer entropy which is useful in modelling phase behaviour in polymers. This monograph provides an authoritative examination of interacting self-avoiding walks, presenting aspects of the thermodynamic limit, phase behaviour, scaling and critical exponents for lattice polygons, lattice animals and surfaces. It also includes a comprehensive account of constructive methods in models of adsorbing, collapsing, and pulled walks, animals and networks, and for models of walks in confined geometries. Additional topics include scaling, knotting in lattice polygons, generating function methods for directed models of walks and polygons, and an introduction to the Edwards model. This essential second edition includes recent breakthroughs in the field, as well as maintaining the older but still relevant topics. New chapters include an expanded presentation of directed models, an exploration of methods and results for the hexagonal lattice, and a chapter devoted to the Monte Carlo methods.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications
Release date:	May 2015
Authors:	E.J. Janse Van Rensburg (Professor of Mathematics)
Dimensions:	235 x 162 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	640
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-966657-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Topology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-966657-1
Barcode:	9780199666577

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