Matrix representation of knots and folds: I

2012/02/20 by R. Kariotis, Kariotis, R.
Physics and Astronomy · #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1202.4400

19 pages

arxiv created 2012/03/25 · arxiv updated 2012/03/27

Abstract

This report presents a unified treatment of the density of states for the knots and folds of polymer chains. The physical realization of such systems ranges from DNA molecules to the microscopic configurations of space-time.

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