Equations of state of a single polymer chain

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Abstract
A single polymer chain can be described by an equation of state for constant end-to-end separation L or constant torque f. Formal relationships among these equations of state and their equivalence are examined. Numerical calculations of these equations of state find them to be inequivalent. This inequivalence has its source in the van der Waals loop and scaling properties of the constant-L equation of state.