The Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Walks, Polygons, Animals and Vesicles

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E.J. Janse van Rensburg (Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics, York University, Toronto)

The Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Walks, Polygons, Animals and Vesicles

E.J. Janse van Rensburg (Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics, York University, Toronto)

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Oxford University Press
28 May 2015

Geometry; Topology; Probability & statistics; Mathematical physics

Series: Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications

The self-avoiding walk is a classical model in statistical mechanics, probability theory and mathematical physics. It is also a simple model of polymer entropy which is useful in modelling phase behaviour in polymers. This monograph provides an authoritative examination of interacting self-avoiding walks, presenting aspects of the thermodynamic limit, phase behaviour, scaling and critical exponents for lattice polygons, lattice animals and surfaces. It also includes a comprehensive account of constructive methods in models of adsorbing, collapsing, and pulled walks, animals and networks, and for models of walks in confined geometries. Additional topics include scaling, knotting in lattice polygons, generating function methods for directed models of walks and polygons, and an introduction to the Edwards model.

This essential second edition includes recent breakthroughs in the field, as well as maintaining the older but still relevant topics. New chapters include an expanded presentation of directed models, an exploration of methods and results for the hexagonal lattice, and a chapter devoted to the Monte Carlo methods.

By: E.J. Janse van Rensburg (Professor of Mathematics Professor of Mathematics York University Toronto)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199666577
ISBN 10: 0199666571
Series: Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 28 May 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

E J Janse van Rensburg is Professor of Mathematics at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He was educated at the University of Stellenbosch and at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics and Physics. He earned a Ph.D. in 1988 from Cambridge University. After post-doctoral positions at the University of Toronto, Florida State University and at RMC in Kingston, Ontario, he became an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at York University in 1992, where he was promoted to Associated Professor in 1996 and to Professor in 2000.