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Coexistence in two-type first-passage percolation models

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the problem of coexistence in a two-type competition model governed by first-passage percolation on \Zd\Zd or on the infinite cluster in Bernoulli percolation. Actually, we prove for a large class of ergodic stationary passage times that for distinct points x,y\Zdx,y\in\Zd, there is a strictly positive probability that {z\Zd;d(y,z)<d(x,z)}\{z\in\Zd;d(y,z)<d(x,z)\} and {z\Zd;d(y,z)>d(x,z)}\{z\in\Zd;d(y,z)>d(x,z)\} are both infinite sets. We also show that there is a strictly positive probability that the graph of time-minimizing path from the origin in first-passage percolation has at least two topological ends. This generalizes results obtained by H{\"a}ggstr{\"o}m and Pemantle for independent exponential times on the square lattice.

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@article{arxiv.math/0312369,
  title  = {Coexistence in two-type first-passage percolation models},
  author = {Olivier Garet and Regine Marchand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0312369},
  year   = {2007}
}

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submitted 18 dec 2003