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r
2
nl
2
. Note that
show that
,
.5
3
=
2
ð
ð
N
1
4
2
3
r
4
e
2
3r
2
nl
2
5
=
2
2nl
2
dr
Þ
5
;
π
0
(c) Calculate the most probable end-to-end distance of the chain depicted
in part (a);
(d) What is the characteristic ratio of the polymer molecules that can be
described by the Gaussian chain model?
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