The Self-Avoiding Walk
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
Published in August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
442 pages
978-3-7643-3891-6 (ISBN)
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Description
The self-avoiding walk is a mathematical model with important applications in statistical mechanics and polymer science. This text provides a unified account of the rigorous results for the self-avoiding walk, focusing on its critical behaviour. Topics discussed include: the lace explosion and its application to the self-avoiding walk in more than four dimensions where most issues are now resolved; an introduction to the nonrigorous scaling theory; classical work of Hammersley and others; an exposition of Kesten's pattern theorem and its consequences; a discussion of the decay of the two-point function and its relation to probabilistic renewal theory; and the role of the self-avoiding walk in physical and chemical applications.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel
Switzerland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
54 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-3891-6 (9783764338916)
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Neal Madras | Gordon Slade
The Self-Avoiding Walk
Book
08/1996
Birkhauser Boston Inc
€106.99
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