Galton-Watson process

Gordon [20, 28] recognized that nonlinear polymers in the absence of intramolecular reaction can be described by a Galton-Watson branching process. Relatively complex chemical systems, presenting substitution effects, became tractable, and even some properties of polymer networks relevant to rubber elasticity theory [29] and average radius of gyration [30] as well as other polymer properties [31-33] could be computed. 

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