A Diagrammatic Approach to the Meander Problem

dc.creatorHarris, M. G.
dc.date1998-07-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:24:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:24:51Z
dc.descriptionThe meander problem is a combinatorial problem which provides a toy model of the compact folding of polymer chains. In this paper we study various questions relating to the enumeration of meander diagrams, using diagrammatical methods. By studying the problem of folding tree graphs, we derive a lower bound on the exponential behaviour of the number of connected meander diagrams. A different diagrammatical method, based on a non-commutative algebra, provides an approximate calculation of the behaviour of the generating functions for both meander and semi-meander diagrams.
dc.descriptionLaTeX 25 pages, 22 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9807193
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9807193
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/55571
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleA Diagrammatic Approach to the Meander Problem
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