A variational approach to relaxation in ultrametric spaces

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 359-368

  Appignanesi, Gustavo ^a   Fernández, Ariel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Polymer dynamics; Relaxation processes; RNA folding; Ultrametricity; Variational principles

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ULTRAMETRICITY;

RELAXATION PROCESSES;

EID: 0032139670     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00195-2     Document Type: Article

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