English

Fast construction of self-avoiding polygons and efficient evaluation of closed walk fractions on the square lattice

Combinatorics 2026-04-28 v1

Abstract

We build upon a recent theoretical breakthrough by employing novel algorithms to accurately compute the fractions FpF_p of all closed walks on the infinite square lattice whose the last erased loop corresponds is any one of the 762,207,869,373762, 207, 869, 373 self-avoiding polygons pp of length at most 38. Prior to this work, only 6 values of FpF_p had been calculated in the literature. The main computational engine uses efficient algorithms for both the construction of self-avoiding polygons and the precise evaluation of the lattice Green's function. Based on our results, we propose two conjectures: one regarding the asymptotic behavior of sums of FpF_p, and another concerning the value of FpF_p when pp is a large square. We provide strong theoretical arguments supporting the second conjecture. Furthermore, the algorithms we introduce are not limited to the square lattice and can, in principle, be extended to any vertex-transitive infinite lattice. In establishing this extension, we resolve two open questions related to the triangular lattice Green's function.

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@article{arxiv.2412.12655,
  title  = {Fast construction of self-avoiding polygons and efficient evaluation of closed walk fractions on the square lattice},
  author = {Jean Fromentin and Pierre-Louis Giscard and Yohan Hosten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12655},
  year   = {2026}
}