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New upper bound for the connective constant for square-lattice self-avoiding walks

Combinatorics 2022-12-07 v2

Abstract

By modifying the automaton used by P{\"o}nitz and Tittman [4], and considering loops of length up to 26, we obtain 2.662343 as an upper bound for the connective constant in the lattice Z 2 .

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@article{arxiv.2211.16146,
  title  = {New upper bound for the connective constant for square-lattice self-avoiding walks},
  author = {Olivier Couronné},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16146},
  year   = {2022}
}
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