Lattice-polygon knot-statistics asymptotic conjecture
Lattice-polygon knot-statistics asymptotic conjecture
For a knot type , let be the number of -edge polygons of knot type . Let be the unknot, let be the number of prime knot factors in the knot decomposition of , and set . Let be the unknot entropic critical exponent and let be the unknot exponential growth constant. Lattice-polygon knot-statistics conjecture. As , there are constants , , and , potentially dependent on the lattice, such that
and
The conjecture follows from polymer scaling theory and numerical evidence. Its form is proved in the tube setting discussed later when the relevant tube asymptotics are available, but it is not established in general lattice-polygon models.
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Nicholas R. Beaton, Kai Ishihara, Mahshid Atapour, Jeremy W. Eng, Mariel Vazquez, Koya Shimokawa and Christine E. Soteros, “Entanglement statistics of polymers in a lattice tube and unknotting of 4-plats”, arXiv:2204.06186 (2025).
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