Mahshid Atapour

Mahshid Atapour

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Mahshid Atapour

Mathematics and Statistics, Capilano University, Fir Building, room FR471, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7J 3H5, CANADA

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17Years (2010-Present)

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1 January 2010 in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
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MAM. Atapour
M. Atapour
CSC. E. Soteros
C. E. Soteros
CEC. Ernst
C. Ernst
SWStu Whittington
Stu Whittington

30 August 2024 in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
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NBNicholas R Beaton
Nicholas R Beaton
KIKai Ishihara
Kai Ishihara
MAMahshid Atapour
Mahshid Atapour
JEJeremy William Eng
Jeremy William Eng
MVMariel Vazquez
Mariel Vazquez
CSChristine E Soteros
Christine E Soteros
Based on polymer scaling theory and numerical evidence, Orlandini, Tesi, Janse van Rensburg and Whittington conjectured in 1996 that the limiting entropy of knot-type K lattice polygons is the same as that for unknot polygons, and that the entropic critical exponent increases by one for each prime knot in the knot decomposition of K. This Knot Entropy (KE) conjecture is consistent with the idea that for unconfined polymers, knots occur in a localized way (the knotted part is relatively small compared to polymer length). For full confinement (to a sphere or box), numerical evidence suggests that knots are much less localized. Numerical evidence for nanochannel or tube confinement is mixed, depending on how the size of a knot is measured. Here we outline the proof that the KE conjecture holds for polygons in the ∞ × 2 × 1 lattice tube and show that knotting is localized when a connected-sum measure of knot size is used. Similar results are established for linked polygons. This is the first model for which the knot entropy conjecture has been proved.