The Self-Avoiding Walk

The self-avoiding walk is a mathematical model that has important applications in statistical mechanics and polymer science. Here is an affordable reprint of a classic monograph that offers a focused look at this important model.

Affordable reprint of a classic monograph Provides a focused look at an important mathematical model Includes an introduction to methods used in physics and chemistry

Inhalt
Preface.- Introduction.- Scaling, polymers and spins.- Some combinatorial bounds.- Decay of the two-point function.- The lace expansion.- Above four dimensions.- Pattern theorems.- Polygons, slabs, bridges and knots.- Analysis of Monte Carlo methods.- Related Topics.- Random walk.- Proof of the renewal theorem.- Tables of exact enumerations.- Bibliography.- Notation.- Index.