Straight Configuration

Figure 9.1: Two straight chains with $N=7$.

Table 9.1: Connection table for two straight chains in Fig. 9.1.

bond index $i$	$\alpha_{i}$	$\beta_{i}$
0	0	1
1	1	2
2	3	4
3	4	5
4	5	6

Figure 9.1 shows an example of the system with $N=7$ particles forming two straight chains, that is, the number of groups is $N_{g} = 2$ and the number of bonds is $N_{b} = 5$. The connection table is given by Table 9.1.