Comment on"A simple model for DNA denaturation"
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where ri(s) is the d-dimensional position coordinate of a monomer point at a contour length s of chain i, each of length N , V is the base pairing interaction at the same contour length (“directed polymer” interaction), Hev is the mutual excluded volume (ev) interaction represented by the u0 > 0 term with δΛ(r) as the usual delta function with an ultraviolet cut-off Λ in the reciprocal space. The thermodynamic properties come from the partition function Z = ∫
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