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One-dimensional freely jointed chain

A chain of

n

links of length

a

, each pointing independently right or left, has extension

l = (n_{+} - n_{-}) a = (2 n_{+} - n) a

and multiplicity

n! / (n_{+}! n_{-}!)

.

Table of contents 60 2
- Fixed-tension partition function of a one-dimensional chain One-dimensional freely jointed chain 38 1
  - Entropic Hooke law for a one-dimensional chain Fixed-tension partition function of a one-dimensional chain 22

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