Monte Carlo reptation moves

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Reptation moves are also known as the "slithering snake" model. One randomly chooses one of the two ends to become, on this occasion, the head of the snake. One then removes a piece of its tail, and after another random selection between freely available sites, one tacks on a new section to become the head of the snake. For example:


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See also

References

  1. Frederick T. Wall and Frederic Mandel "Macromolecular dimensions obtained by an efficient Monte Carlo method without sample attrition", Journal of Chemical Physics 63 pp. 4592-4595 (1975)
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