Turkish Journal of Physics
Abstract
We review our main findings on the size distribution of the largest neutral segments in a sequence of N randomly charged monomers. Upon mapping to one--dimensional random walks (RWs), this corresponds to finding the probability distribution for the size L of the largest segment that returns to its starting position in an N--step RW. Using analytical, exact enumeration, and Monte Carlo methods, we reveal the complex structure of the probability distribution in the large N limit. In particular, the size of the longest neutral segment has a distribution with a square-root singularity at \ell\equiv L/N = 1, an essential singularity at \ell = 0, and a discontinuous derivative at \ell = 1/2.
DOI
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First Page
105
Last Page
112
Recommended Citation
ERTAŞ, D, & KANTOR, Y (1999). Studies on Extremal Segments in Random Sequences. Turkish Journal of Physics 23 (1): 105-112. https://doi.org/-
