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Random Polymers

École d’Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXVII – 2007

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Authors:
  1. Frank Hollander
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 1974)

Part of the book sub series: École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour (LNMECOLE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
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  2. Introduction

    • Frank den Hollander
    Pages 1-7

  3. Two Basic Models

    • Frank den Hollander
    Pages 9-16

  4. Polymers with Self-Interaction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-18
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    2. Soft Polymers in Low Dimension

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 19-39

    3. Soft Polymers in High Dimension

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 41-58

    4. Elastic Polymers

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 59-65

    5. Polymer Collapse

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 67-84

    6. Polymer Adsorption

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 85-112

  5. Polymers in Random Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-114
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    2. Charged Polymers

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 115-127

    3. Copolymers near a Linear Selective Interface

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 129-154

    4. Copolymers near a Random Selective Interface

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 155-179

    5. Random Pinning and Wetting of Polymers

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 181-204

    6. Polymers in a Random Potential

      • Frank den Hollander
      Pages 205-231

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 1-31
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Polymer chains that interact with themselves and/or with their environment are fascinating objects, displaying a range of interesting physical and chemical phenomena. The focus in this monograph is on the mathematical description of some of these phenomena, with particular emphasis on phase transitions as a function of interaction parameters, associated critical behavior and space-time scaling. Topics include: self-repellent polymers, self-attracting polymers, polymers interacting with interfaces, charged polymers, copolymers near linear or random selective interfaces, polymers interacting with random substrate and directed polymers in random environment. Different techniques are exposed, including the method of local times, large deviations, the lace expansion, generating functions, the method of excursions, ergodic theory, partial annealing estimates, coarse-graining techniques and martingales. Thus, this monograph offers a mathematical panorama of polymer chains, which even today holds plenty of challenges.

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From the reviews: “This book provides an excellent introduction to the probabilistic studies of polymers. … The main known results for each type of model are stated and explained in detail, accompanied by many short and self-contained proofs … . At the end of each chapter, a list of extensions of the stated results is given, as well as a list of open problems. A bibliography is compiled at the end of the book, which includes many references to the physics as well as to the probability literature.” (Rongfeng Sun, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 h)

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