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Nienhuis's 3/4 exponent for self-avoiding walk on the honeycomb lattice, in diameter form

Theorem 1.1: for every δ>0\delta>0 and k>0k>0 there are Cδ,kC_{\delta,k} and n0n_0 such that for every integer n≥n0n\ge n_0, with Pn\mathbb P_n-probability at least 1−Cδ,kn−k1-C_{\delta,k}n^{-k}, the diameter satisfies n3/4−δ≤D(γ)≤n3/4+δn^{3/4-\delta}\le D(\gamma)\le n^{3/4+\delta}, and simultaneously for all visited zz and s∈[1,n]s\in[1,n] the ball mass is within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of min⁡{n,s4/3}\min\{n,s^{4/3}\} and the covering number by ss-balls within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of 1+ns−4/31+ns^{-4/3}. Corollaries: span at least n3/4−δn^{3/4-\delta} in each lattice normal, covering dimension 4/34/3, radius of gyration n3/4+o(1)n^{3/4+o(1)} and En[Dp]=n3p/4+o(1)\mathbb E_n[D^p]=n^{3p/4+o(1)}. Not shown: a fixed-length lower bound for the end-to-end distance (a companion has it only on a density-one set of lengths), an exponent without no(1)n^{o(1)} slack, other lattices, or convergence to SLE8/3SLE_{8/3}.

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Nienhuis's 3/4 exponent for self-avoiding walk on the honeycomb lattice, in diameter form

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Theorem 1.1: for every δ>0\delta>0 and k>0k>0 there are Cδ,kC_{\delta,k} and n0n_0 such that for every integer n≥n0n\ge n_0, with Pn\mathbb P_n-probability at least 1−Cδ,kn−k1-C_{\delta,k}n^{-k}, the diameter satisfies n3/4−δ≤D(γ)≤n3/4+δn^{3/4-\delta}\le D(\gamma)\le n^{3/4+\delta}, and simultaneously for all visited zz and s∈[1,n]s\in[1,n] the ball mass is within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of min⁡{n,s4/3}\min\{n,s^{4/3}\} and the covering number by ss-balls within…

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Theorem 1.1: for every δ>0\delta>0 and k>0k>0 there are Cδ,kC_{\delta,k} and n0n_0 such that for every integer n≥n0n\ge n_0, with Pn\mathbb P_n-probability at least 1−Cδ,kn−k1-C_{\delta,k}n^{-k}, the diameter satisfies n3/4−δ≤D(γ)≤n3/4+δn^{3/4-\delta}\le D(\gamma)\le n^{3/4+\delta}, and simultaneously for all visited zz and s∈[1,n]s\in[1,n] the ball mass is within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of min⁡{n,s4/3}\min\{n,s^{4/3}\} and the covering number by ss-balls within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of 1+ns−4/31+ns^{-4/3}. Corollaries: span at least n3/4−δn^{3/4-\delta} in each lattice normal, covering dimension 4/34/3, radius of gyration n3/4+o(1)n^{3/4+o(1)} and En[Dp]=n3p/4+o(1)\mathbb E_n[D^p]=n^{3p/4+o(1)}. Not shown: a fixed-length lower bound for the end-to-end distance (a companion has it only on a density-one set of lengths), an exponent without no(1)n^{o(1)} slack, other lattices, or convergence to SLE8/3SLE_{8/3}.

Theorem 1.1: for every δ>0\delta>0 and k>0k>0 there are Cδ,kC_{\delta,k} and n0n_0 such that for every integer n≥n0n\ge n_0, with Pn\mathbb P_n-probability at least 1−Cδ,kn−k1-C_{\delta,k}n^{-k}, the diameter satisfies n3/4−δ≤D(γ)≤n3/4+δn^{3/4-\delta}\le D(\gamma)\le n^{3/4+\delta}, and simultaneously for all visited zz and s∈[1,n]s\in[1,n] the ball mass is within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of min⁡{n,s4/3}\min\{n,s^{4/3}\} and the covering number by ss-balls within n±δn^{\pm\delta} of 1+ns−4/31+ns^{-4/3}. Corollaries: span at least n3/4−δn^{3/4-\delta} in each lattice normal, covering dimension 4/34/3, radius of gyration n3/4+o(1)n^{3/4+o(1)} and En[Dp]=n3p/4+o(1)\mathbb E_n[D^p]=n^{3p/4+o(1)}. Not shown: a fixed-length lower bound for the end-to-end distance (a companion has it only on a density-one set of lengths), an exponent without no(1)n^{o(1)} slack, other lattices, or convergence to SLE8/3SLE_{8/3}.

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