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Full extremal process in four-dimensional membrane model

Probability 2025-07-29 v1

Abstract

We investigate the extremal process of four-dimensional membrane models as the size of the lattice NN tends to infinity. We prove the cluster-like geometry of the extreme points and the existence as well as the uniqueness of the extremal process. The extremal process is characterized by a distributional invariance property and a Poisson structure with explicit formulas. Our approach follows the same philosophy as the two-dimensional Gaussian free field (2D GFF) via the comparison with the modified branching random walk. The proofs leverage the ``Dysonization'' technique and a careful treatment of the correlation structure, which is more intricate than the 2D GFF case. As a by-product, we also obtain a simpler proof of a crucial sprinkling lemma.

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@article{arxiv.2507.19554,
  title  = {Full extremal process in four-dimensional membrane model},
  author = {Hao Ge and Xinyi Li and Jiaxi Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.19554},
  year   = {2025}
}

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29 pages

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