The effect of interactions between the segments of a polymer chain on the size of the molecule has been calculated. Two approaches have been used. The first is a direct probability calculation using an exponential interaction energy between segments. The second follows the original approach of Flory but solves the problem to a different approximation. Both methods lead to essential agreement with Flory's result for small and moderate interactions. A probable reason for the spurious results found by others is proposed.
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