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Critical site percolation and cutsets

Probability 2025-03-25 v2

Abstract

In 2003, Kahn conjectured a characterization of the critical percolation probability pcp_c in terms of vertex cut sets (\cite{JK03}). Later, Lyons and Peres (2016) conjectured a similar characterization of pcp_c , but in terms of edge cut sets (\cite{LP16}). Both conjectures were subsequently proven by Tang (\cite{pt23}) for bond percolation and site percolation on bounded-degree graphs. Tang further conjectured that Kahn's vertex-cut characterization for pcsitep_c^{site} and the Lyons-Peres edge-cut characterization for pcsitep_c^{site} would hold for site percolation on any infinite, connected, locally finite graph. In this paper, we establish Kahn's vertex-cut characterization for pcsitep_c^{site} by adapting arguments from \cite{jmh57a, DCT15}. Additionally, we disprove the Lyons-Peres edge-cut characterization for pcsitep_c^{site} by constructing a counterexample.

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@article{arxiv.2410.22152,
  title  = {Critical site percolation and cutsets},
  author = {Zhongyang Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.22152},
  year   = {2025}
}
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