Step-constrained self-avoiding walks on finite grids




Belbachir, Hacène; Major, László; Németh, László; Szalay, László

PublisherElsevier BV

2026

Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A

106104

218

0097-3165

1096-0899

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2025.106104

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2025.106104

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/500389381



The study of self-avoiding walks (SAWs) on integer lattices has been an area of active research for several decades. In this paper, we investigate the number of SAWs between two diagonally opposite corners in a finite rectangular subgraph of the integer lattice, subject to certain constraints. In the two–dimensional case, we provide an explicit formula for the number of SAWs of a prescribed length, restricted to three-step directions. In addition, we develop an algorithm that produces faster computational results than the explicit formula. For some special cases, we present detailed counts of the SAWs in question. For rectangular grid graphs of higher dimensions, we provide a formula to count the number of SAWs that are exactly two steps longer than the shortest walks.


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