Critical site percolation and cutsets
Abstract
In 2003, Kahn conjectured a characterization of the critical percolation probability in terms of vertex cut sets (\cite{JK03}). Later, Lyons and Peres (2016) conjectured a similar characterization of , 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 and the Lyons-Peres edge-cut characterization for would hold for site percolation on any infinite, connected, locally finite graph. In this paper, we establish Kahn's vertex-cut characterization for by adapting arguments from \cite{jmh57a, DCT15}. Additionally, we disprove the Lyons-Peres edge-cut characterization for 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}
}