The winding angle distribution of an ordinary random walk
The winding angle distribution of an ordinary random walk
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普通随机游走的缠绕角度分布
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1987
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通讯作者:
Y. Hu
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作者:
J. Rudnick;Y. Hu
The winding angle about a selected point of a random walk quantifies what is perhaps the simplest manifestation of entanglement a phenomenon of great importance in the study of polymers. The distribution of winding angles is studied here for ordinary or non-self-avoiding walks. New results highlight the crucial influence of the exclusion of a finite region about the selected point on the winding angle distribution. The results of this analysis are compared with simulations of random walks on a lattice, the agreement between the two is very good. There are, however, small and as yet unexplained discrepancies.