Conditional geodesic fluctuation conjecture

Let π\pi_* be the unique geodesic from (1,1)(1,1) to (aN,bN)(aN,bN), linearly interpolated and written in the basis v1=(a,b)\mathbf v_1=(a,b) and

v2=(a(a+b)σD,b(+ab)σD),\mathbf v_2=\left(\frac{a(\ell-a+b)\sigma}{\ell\sqrt D},-\frac{b(\ell+a-b)\sigma}{\ell\sqrt D}\right),

as π={τv1+π(τ)v2}τ[0,N]\pi_* =\{\tau\mathbf v_1+\pi^*(\tau)\mathbf v_2\}_{\tau\in[0,N]}, where π(0)=π(N)=0\pi^*(0)=\pi^*(N)=0. Let B1br\mathbb B^{\mathrm{br}}_1 and B2br\mathbb B^{\mathrm{br}}_2 be the correlated Brownian bridges from the diagonal fluctuation theorem.

Conditional geodesic fluctuation conjecture. Conditional on L(aN,bN)=N\mathcal L(aN,bN)=\ell N,

Law((π(tN)N1/2,L(tNv1+π(tN)v2)tNσN1/2)t(0,1)|L(aN,bN)=N)f.d.d.Law((B2br(t),B1br(t))t(0,1)).\operatorname{Law}\left(\left(\frac{\pi^*(tN)}{N^{1/2}},\frac{\mathcal L(tN\mathbf v_1+\pi^*(tN)\mathbf v_2)-t\ell N}{\sigma N^{1/2}}\right)_{t\in(0,1)}\,\middle|\,\mathcal L(aN,bN)=\ell N\right) \xrightarrow{\mathrm{f.d.d.}} \operatorname{Law}\left((\mathbb B^{\mathrm{br}}_2(t),\mathbb B^{\mathrm{br}}_1(t))_{t\in(0,1)}\right).

The conjecture identifies the joint scaling limit of the transverse geodesic displacement and the passage-time fluctuation along the conditioned geodesic. It is motivated by the diagonal fluctuation theorem and remains open.

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Primary source

Jinho Baik, Dylan Cordaro and Tejaswi Tripathi, “Conditional exponential directed last passage percolation under a one-point upper large deviation event”, arXiv:2508.04954 (2026).

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