Meander, Folding and Arch Statistics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The statistics of meander and related problems are studied as particular realizations of compact polymer chain foldings. This paper presents a general discussion of these topics, with a particular emphasis on three points: (i) the use of a direct recursive relation for building (semi) meanders (ii) the equivalence with a random matrix model (iii) the exact solution of simpler related problems, such as arch configurations or irreducible meanders.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9506030,
title = {Meander, Folding and Arch Statistics},
author = {P. Di Francesco and O. Golinelli and E. Guitter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9506030},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
82 pages, uuencoded, uses harvmac (l mode) and epsf, 26+7 figures included