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Coupling Invasion and First Passage Percolation

Probability 2025-11-18 v3

Abstract

It is well known that a continuous phase transition in Bernoulli bond percolation on the integer lattice is equivalent to a vanishing probability a vertex is invaded in invasion percolation. We provide a coupling between invasion percolation and first passage percolation with log-uniform passage times. This yields a new equivalent condition for a continuous phase transition in bond percolation.

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@article{arxiv.2511.05618,
  title  = {Coupling Invasion and First Passage Percolation},
  author = {Aldo Morelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.05618},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures; updated affiliation information

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