Statistical Mechanics of a Simple Entanglement

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It is shown that the statistical mechanics of an entanglement produced by looping a polymer chain around an infinitely long straight bar can be treated exactly, essentially because successive turns of the chain around the bar can be considered as constituting a Markoff process. The elastic response of such a loop to a force exerted on one of its segments is nonlinear and surprisingly complex.

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