New upper bounds for the connective constants of self-avoiding walks

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 871-888

  Noonan, John ^a  

^a Mount Vernon Nazarene University   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective constants; Goulden jackson method; Self avoiding walks; Upper bounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032094495     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1023023831510     Document Type: Article

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