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Indistinguishability of Percolation Clusters

Probability 2008-11-26 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that when percolation produces infinitely many infinite clusters on a Cayley graph, one cannot distinguish the clusters from each other by any invariantly defined property. This implies that uniqueness of the infinite cluster is equivalent to non-decay of connectivity (a.k.a. long-range order). We then derive applications concerning uniqueness in Kazhdan groups and in wreath products, and inequalities for pup_u.

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@article{arxiv.math/9811170,
  title  = {Indistinguishability of Percolation Clusters},
  author = {Russell Lyons and Oded Schramm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9811170},
  year   = {2008}
}

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