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Minimal harmonic measure on 2D lattices

Probability 2024-09-04 v1

Abstract

We study the harmonic measure (i.e. the limit of the hitting distribution of a simple random walk starting from a distant point) on three canonical two-dimensional lattices: the square lattice Z2\mathbb{Z}^2, the triangular lattice T\mathscr{T} and the hexagonal lattice H\mathscr{H}. In particular, for the least positive value of the harmonic measure of any nn-point set, denoted by Mn(G)\mathscr{M}_n(\mathscr{G}), we prove in this paper that [λ(G)]n+cnMn(G)[λ(G)]n+Cn,[\lambda(\mathscr{G})]^{-n+c\sqrt{n}} \le \mathscr{M}_n(\mathscr{G})\le [\lambda(\mathscr{G})]^{-n+C\sqrt{n}}, where λ(Z2)=(2+3)2\lambda(\mathbb{Z}^2)=(2+\sqrt{3})^2, λ(T)=3+22\lambda(\mathscr{T})=3+2\sqrt{2} and λ(H)=(3+52)3\lambda(\mathscr{H})=(\tfrac{3+\sqrt{5}}{2})^3. Our results confirm a stronger version of the conjecture proposed by Calvert, Ganguly and Hammond (2023) which predicts the asymptotic of the exponent of Mn(Z2)\mathscr{M}_n(\mathbb{Z}^2). Moreover, these estimates also significantly extend the findings in our previous paper with Kozma (2023) that Mn(G)\mathscr{M}_n(\mathscr{G}) decays exponentially for a large family of graphs G\mathscr{G} including T\mathscr{T}, H\mathscr{H} and Zd\mathbb{Z}^d for all d2d\ge 2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2409.00450,
  title  = {Minimal harmonic measure on 2D lattices},
  author = {Zhenhao Cai and Eviatar B. Procaccia and Yuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.00450},
  year   = {2024}
}
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