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Polluted Bootstrap Percolation with Threshold Two in All Dimensions

Probability 2017-05-05 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In the polluted bootstrap percolation model, the vertices of a graph are independently declared initially occupied with probability p or closed with probability q. At subsequent steps, a vertex becomes occupied if it is not closed and it has at least r occupied neighbors. On the cubic lattice Z^d of dimension d>=3 with threshold r=2, we prove that the final density of occupied sites converges to 1 as p and q both approach 0, regardless of their relative scaling. Our result partially resolves a conjecture of Morris, and contrasts with the d=2 case, where Gravner and McDonald proved that the critical parameter is q/{p^2}.

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@article{arxiv.1705.01652,
  title  = {Polluted Bootstrap Percolation with Threshold Two in All Dimensions},
  author = {Janko Gravner and Alexander E. Holroyd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.01652},
  year   = {2017}
}
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