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arxiv: cond-mat/9906176 · v1 · submitted 1999-06-11 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft · cond-mat.stat-mech

Critical exponents for random knots

classification ❄️ cond-mat.soft cond-mat.stat-mech
keywords excludedknotspolymersizevolumeapproxchainconsequences
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The size of a zero thickness (no excluded volume) polymer ring is shown to scale with chain length $N$ in the same way as the size of the excluded volume (self-avoiding) linear polymer, as $N^{\nu}$, where $\nu \approx 0.588$. The consequences of that fact are examined, including sizes of trivial and non-trivial knots.

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