Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1995, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (11): 1798.

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Random Walk on a Circle

XU Xue-Tong, YANG Yu-Liang   

  1. Department of Macromolecular Science, Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
  • Received:1994-11-25 Revised:1995-04-11 Online:1995-11-24 Published:1995-11-24

Abstract: We provide a theory about the random walk on a circle with radius R. The analytical form of the probability distribution of the end to end vector after n steps ω(θ,π)and theaveraged square of end to end distance <r2> are given, Our findings are the following: whenR2》nl2,<r2>≈nl2which restores the result of the random walk in a 1Dinfinite space lattice;when R2《nl2,<r2>≈πR2/3.The general expressions for the average end to end distance<|r|> and the kth moment <rk> are given.

Key words: Random walk, Brownian motion, Polymer chain, Chain conformation

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