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The End of the Double Random Current

Probability 2026-07-08 v1

Abstract

The Ising correlation function can be expressed in terms of connectivity probabilities of a random graph known as the double random current. In 2016, Duminil-Copin asked whether this random graph only has one topological end. One-endedness implies that free and wired random-cluster measures are equal and that any translation-invariant Gibbs measure of the Ising model is a convex combination of the ++ and - Gibbs measures. In the general setting of transitive amenable graphs, these properties have been established by Raoufi, effectively circumventing the question of one-endedness. In this paper, we prove one-endedness of the double random current on any transitive, amenable one-ended graph and, relying on Raoufi's work, we answer the question of Duminil-Copin in the affirmative in this general setup. The results of this paper do not give a new proof of uniqueness of random-cluster measure or the characterisations of Gibbs states for the Ising model.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.07616,
  title  = {The End of the Double Random Current},
  author = {Ulrik Thinggaard Hansen and Frederik Ravn Klausen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07616},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure