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Liouville first passage percolation: geodesic length exponent is strictly larger than 1 at high temperatures

Probability 2019-03-19 v2

Abstract

Let {η(v):vVN}\{\eta(v): v\in V_N\} be a discrete Gaussian free field in a two-dimensional box VNV_N of side length NN with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We study the Liouville first passage percolation, i.e., the shortest path metric where each vertex is given a weight of eγη(v)e^{\gamma \eta(v)} for some γ>0\gamma>0. We show that for sufficiently small but fixed γ>0\gamma>0, with probability tending to 11 as NN\to \infty, all geodesics between vertices of macroscopic Euclidean distances simultaneously have (the conjecturally unique) length exponent strictly larger than 1.

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@article{arxiv.1610.02766,
  title  = {Liouville first passage percolation: geodesic length exponent is strictly larger than 1 at high temperatures},
  author = {Jian Ding and Fuxi Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.02766},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

30 pages. Title revised as suggested by referee; exposition improved following referee's comments; added 4 figures. Accepted by PTRF