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Singularity points for first passage percolation

Probability 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let 0<a<b<0<a<b<\infty be fixed scalars. Assign independently to each edge in the lattice Z2\mathbb{Z}^2 the value aa with probability pp or the value bb with probability 1p1-p. For all u,vZ2u,v\in\mathbb{Z}^2, let T(u,v)T(u,v) denote the first passage time between uu and vv. We show that there are points xR2x\in\mathbb{R}^2 such that the ``time constant'' in the direction of xx, namely, limnn1Ep[T(0,nx)],\lim_{n\to\infty}n^{-1}\mathbf{E}_p[T(\mathbf{0},nx)], is not a three times differentiable function of pp.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506241,
  title  = {Singularity points for first passage percolation},
  author = {J. E. Yukich and Yu Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506241},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117905000000819 in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)