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Global structure of semi-infinite geodesics and competition interfaces in Brownian last-passage percolation

Probability 2023-08-02 v5

Abstract

In Brownian last-passage percolation (BLPP), the Busemann functions Bθ(x,y)\mathcal B^{\theta}(\mathbf x,\mathbf y) are indexed by two points x,yZ×R\mathbf x,\mathbf y \in \mathbb Z \times \mathbb R, and a direction parameter θ>0\theta > 0. We derive the joint distribution of Busemann functions across all directions. The set of directions where the Busemann process is discontinuous, denoted Θ\Theta, provides detailed information about the uniqueness and coalescence of semi-infinite geodesics. The uncountable set of initial points in BLPP gives rise to new phenomena not seen in discrete models. For example, in every direction θ>0\theta > 0, there exists a countably infinite set of initial points x\mathbf x such that there exist two θ\theta-directed geodesics that split but eventually coalesce. Further, we define the competition interface in BLPP and show that the set of initial points whose competition interface is nontrivial has Hausdorff dimension 12\frac{1}{2}. From each of these exceptional points, there exists a random direction θΘ\theta \in \Theta for which there exists two θ\theta-directed semi-infinite geodesics that split immediately and never meet again. Conversely, when θΘ\theta \in \Theta, from every initial point xZ×R\mathbf x \in \mathbb Z \times \mathbb R, there exists two θ\theta-directed semi-infinite geodesics that eventually separate. Whenever θΘ\theta \notin \Theta, all θ\theta-directed semi-infinite geodesics coalesce.

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@article{arxiv.2112.10729,
  title  = {Global structure of semi-infinite geodesics and competition interfaces in Brownian last-passage percolation},
  author = {Timo Seppäläinen and Evan Sorensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.10729},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Accepted version. To appear in Probability and Mathematical Physics