Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
2010-12-15
ALEA Lat. Am. J. Probab. Math. Stat. 7 (2010) 19-40
Mathematics
Probability
Scientific paper
For biased random walk on the infinite cluster in supercritical i.i.d.\ percolation on $\Z^2$, where the bias of the walk is quantified by a parameter $\beta>1$, it has been conjectured (and partly proved) that there exists a critical value $\beta_c>1$ such that the walk has positive speed when $\beta<\beta_c$ and speed zero when $\beta>\beta_c$. In this paper, biased random walk on the infinite cluster of a certain translation invariant percolation process on $\Z^2$ is considered. The example is shown to exhibit the opposite behavior to what is expected for i.i.d.\ percolation, in the sense that it has a critical value $\beta_c$ such that, for $\beta<\beta_c$, the random walk has speed zero, while, for $\beta>\beta_c$, the speed is positive. Hence the monotonicity in $\beta$ that is part of the conjecture for i.i.d.\ percolation cannot be extended to general translation invariant percolation processes.
Deijfen Maria
Häggström Olle
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