A continuum model of a fluctuating semiflexible polymer chain confined along an axis is considered. In the regime of strong confinement, configurations with overhangs are negligible, and the partition function is determined by a partial differential equation. An extremum principle for eigensolutions is formulated. The exact solution of the differential equation for a polymer in a harmonic potential is given. A lower bound for the confinement free energy of a polymer in a tube is obtained.
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