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On a Lower Bound for the Time Constant of First-Passage Percolation

Probability 2008-07-13 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Bernoulli first-passage percolation on Zd(d2)\mathbb Z^d (d\ge 2). That is, the edge passage time is taken independently to be 1 with probability 1p1-p and 0 otherwise. Let μ(p){\mu(p)} be the time constant. We prove in this paper that μ(p1)μ(p2)μ(p2)1p2(p2p1) \mu(p_1)-\mu({p_2})\ge \frac{\mu(p_2)}{1-p_2}(p_2-p_1) for all 0p1<p2<1 0\leq p_1<p_2< 1 by using Russo's formula.

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@article{arxiv.0807.0839,
  title  = {On a Lower Bound for the Time Constant of First-Passage Percolation},
  author = {Xian-Yuan Wu and Ping Feng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0839},
  year   = {2008}
}

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