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Off-lattice and parallel implementations of the pivot algorithm

Statistical Mechanics 2021-12-22 v1 Computational Physics

Abstract

The pivot algorithm is the most efficient known method for sampling polymer configurations for self-avoiding walks and related models. Here we introduce two recent improvements to an efficient binary tree implementation of the pivot algorithm: an extension to an off-lattice model, and a parallel implementation.

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@article{arxiv.2001.02186,
  title  = {Off-lattice and parallel implementations of the pivot algorithm},
  author = {Nathan Clisby and Dac Thanh Chuong Ho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02186},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

7 pages, 2 figures. Presented at "Recent Developments in Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics" (32nd Annual CSP Workshop) in February 2019, and submitted for the workshop proceedings

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