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Hamiltonian paths on the Sierpinski gasket

Statistical Mechanics 2011-02-22 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We derive exactly the number of Hamiltonian paths H(n) on the two dimensional Sierpinski gasket SG(n) at stage nn, whose asymptotic behavior is given by 3(23)3n13×(52×72×172212×35×13)(16)n\frac{\sqrt{3}(2\sqrt{3})^{3^{n-1}}}{3} \times (\frac{5^2 \times 7^2 \times 17^2}{2^{12} \times 3^5 \times 13})(16)^n. We also obtain the number of Hamiltonian paths with one end at a certain outmost vertex of SG(n), with asymptotic behavior 3(23)3n13×(7×1724×33)4n\frac {\sqrt{3}(2\sqrt{3})^{3^{n-1}}}{3} \times (\frac {7 \times 17}{2^4 \times 3^3})4^n. The distribution of Hamiltonian paths on SG(n) with one end at a certain outmost vertex and the other end at an arbitrary vertex of SG(n) is investigated. We rigorously prove that the exponent for the mean \ell displacement between the two end vertices of such Hamiltonian paths on SG(n) is log2/log3\ell \log 2 / \log 3 for >0\ell>0.

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@article{arxiv.0909.5541,
  title  = {Hamiltonian paths on the Sierpinski gasket},
  author = {Shu-Chiuan Chang and Lung-Chi Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5541},
  year   = {2011}
}

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33 pages, 21 figures