The Frog Model on $\mathbb{Z}$ with Discrete Weibull Lifetimes and Random Parameter $p$
Abstract
We study the frog model on with particle wise discrete Weibull lifetimes. Each particle has an i.i.d. survival parameter ; conditionally on , its lifetime satisfies The law of has right edge density with and slowly varying; let denote the common law of the i.i.d. initial occupation numbers . The survival parameter distribution strictly extends the Beta family, while the lifetime distribution extends the geometric case. We prove a sharp extinction and survival dichotomy with the dependent threshold If and , the process becomes extinct almost surely; if and , it survives with positive probability. At the boundary we provide explicit criteria in terms of of . The case (geometric lifetimes) recovers the benchmark and the critical refinements previously obtained for random geometric lifetimes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.15526,
title = {The Frog Model on $\mathbb{Z}$ with Discrete Weibull Lifetimes and Random Parameter $p$},
author = {J. H. Ramírez González and Gustavo O. Carvalho and Fábio P. Machado},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15526},
year = {2026}
}
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23 pages, 2 figures