Gibbs measures are studied using a Markov chain on the nonnegative integers. Uniqueness of Gibbs measures follows from absorption of the chain at $\{0\}$. To this end, we derive a certain inequality. For one-dimensional systems this extends a well-known uniqueness result of Ruelle and for models near the $1/r^2$-interaction Ising model it is a natural improvement of some other results.
@article{1176991162,
author = {Berbee, Henry},
title = {Uniqueness of Gibbs Measures and Absorption Probabilities},
journal = {Ann. Probab.},
volume = {17},
number = {4},
year = {1989},
pages = { 1416-1431},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1176991162}
}
Berbee, Henry. Uniqueness of Gibbs Measures and Absorption Probabilities. Ann. Probab., Tome 17 (1989) no. 4, pp. 1416-1431. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176991162/