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We define (k,ℓ)-restricted Lukasiewicz paths, k≤ℓ∈ℕ0, and use these paths as models of polymer adsorption. We write down a polynomial expression satisfied by the generating function for arbitrary values of (k,ℓ). The resulting polynomial is of degree ℓ+1 and hence cannot be solved explicitly for sufficiently large ℓ. We provide two different approaches to obtain the phase diagram. In addition to a more conventional analysis, we also develop a new mathematical characterisation of the phase diagram in terms of the discriminant of the polynomial and a zero of its highest degree coefficient.
We then give a bijection between (k,ℓ)-restricted Lukasiewicz paths and “rise”-restricted Dyck paths, identifying another family of path models which share the same critical behaviour. For (k,ℓ)=(1,∞) we provide a new bijection to Motzkin paths.
We also consider the area-weighted generating function and show that it is a q-deformed algebraic function. We determine the generating function explicitly in particular cases of (k,ℓ)-restricted Lukasiewicz paths, and for (k,ℓ)=(0,∞) we provide a bijection to Dyck paths.
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This paper is dedicated to Cyril Domb on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
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Brak, R., Iliev, G.K. & Prellberg, T. An Infinite Family of Adsorption Models and Restricted Lukasiewicz Paths. J Stat Phys 145, 669–685 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-011-0306-8
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