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The Martin boundary of the Directed Landscape

Probability 2026-05-21 v1 Dynamical Systems Metric Geometry

Abstract

In the directed landscape, the Martin boundary coincides with the horofunction boundary. We show that functions in this boundary are precisely the eternal solutions possessing a spatial growth rate, and that the minimal Martin boundary is given by the Busemann functions. Moreover, every eternal solution can be expressed as a max-plus convex combination of countably many Busemann functions. Horofunctions are exactly those eternal solutions that admit a representation in terms of at most two Busemann functions with a common growth rate. As a consequence of instability, not all horofunctions are Busemann functions, and the Martin boundary is strictly larger than its minimal part.

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@article{arxiv.2605.21366,
  title  = {The Martin boundary of the Directed Landscape},
  author = {Firas Rassoul-Agha and Mikhail Sweeney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.21366},
  year   = {2026}
}

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25 pages