Unpredictable paths and percolation
Benjamini, Itai ; Pemantle, Robin ; Peres, Yuval
Ann. Probab., Tome 26 (1998) no. 1, p. 1198-1211 / Harvested from Project Euclid
4 We construct a nearest-neighbor process ${S_n}$ on Z that is less predictable than simple random walk, in the sense that given the process until time $n$, the conditional probability that $S_{n+k} = x$ is uniformly bounded by $Ck^{-\infty}$ for some $\alpha > 1/2$. From this process, we obtain a probability measure $\mu$ on oriented paths in $\mathbf{Z}^3$ such that the number of intersections of two paths, chosen independently according to $\mu$, has an exponential tail. (For $d \geq 4$, the uniform measure on oriented paths from the origin in $\mathbf{Z}^d$ has this property.) We show that on any graph where such a measure on paths exists, oriented percolation clusters are transient if the retention parameter $p$ is close enough to 1. This yields an extension of a theorem of Grimmett, Kesten and Zhang, who proved that supercritical percolation clusters in $\mathbf{Z}^d$ are transient for all $d \geq 3$.
Publié le : 1998-07-14
Classification:  Percolation,  transience,  electrical networks,  multitype branching process,  60J45,  60J10,  60J65,  60J15,  60K35
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Benjamini, Itai; Pemantle, Robin; Peres, Yuval. Unpredictable paths and percolation. Ann. Probab., Tome 26 (1998) no. 1, pp.  1198-1211. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1022855749/