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For the stipulated effective-sphere polymer drag, the radius is the end-to-end RMS distance, $R=2a\sqrt{N}$, rather than the single-monomer radius. Its Stokes law and translational diffusion coefficient areUnder the same three-dimensional RMS convention as used above,Thus for sufficiently long chains ($N>4$), this model gives a larger displacement than independent monomer drag: solvent motion couples the parts of a coil, reducing its effective friction relative to $N$ isolated moving beads. The $D\propto N^{-1/2}$ theta-solvent scaling is consistent with the dilute-coil hydrodynamic scaling underlying the Zimm model, but treating a permeable fluctuating coil as a solid sphere with radius exactly $R_{\mathrm{rms}}$ gives only an order-one hydrodynamic approximation. The hydrodynamic radius and end-to-end radius are not generally equal. Neither model by itself restores the long-time constraints of a truly entangled solution.

If the one-dimensional contour statistic in part (iii) is used literally, the comparison of this three-dimensional $d_2$ with that contour RMS is $\sqrt{3/2}{N}^{1/4}$; it compares different coordinates. Using mean radial displacements in both three-dimensional models instead changes both prefactors equally and leaves their ratio unchanged.