Randomly shifted Gumbel limit for the maximum of the two-dimensional inhomogeneous DGFF

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Let d=2d=2 and suppose that Assumption~-(i) and the moment condition~ hold, in particular P⁡[ω(e)>0]=1\operatorname{\mathbb{P}}[\omega(e)>0]=1 for e∈Ede\in E_d. For n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}, set

Mn:=max⁡x∈[−n,n]∩ZdφxΛn,Λn:=[−n,n]d,M_n:=\max_{x\in[-n,n]\cap\mathbb{Z}^d}\varphi_x^{\Lambda_n},\qquad \Lambda_n:=[-n,n]^d,

and

mn:=gˉ(2dlog⁡n−322dlog⁡log⁡n),m_n:=\sqrt{\bar g}\left(\sqrt{2d}\log n-\frac{3}{2\sqrt{2d}}\log\log n\right),

where gˉ\bar g is as in. Randomly shifted Gumbel limit conjecture. For P⁡\operatorname{\mathbb{P}}-almost every ω\omega, under P⁡ω\operatorname{\mathbf{P}}^\omega, Mn−mnM_n-m_n converges in law to a randomly shifted Gumbel distribution: there exist β∗∈(0,∞)\beta^*\in(0,\infty) and a random variable ZZ such that, for every t∈Rt\in\mathbb{R},

lim⁡n→∞P⁡ω[Mn−mn≤t]=E⁡ω[exp⁡(−β∗Zexp⁡(−2dt))].\lim_{n\to\infty}\operatorname{\mathbf{P}}^\omega[M_n-m_n\leq t]=\operatorname{\mathbf{E}}^\omega\left[\exp\left(-\beta^*Z\exp(-\sqrt{2d}t)\right)\right].

The result would identify the extremal fluctuations of the two-dimensional inhomogeneous DGFF, whose correlations and random conductances make the maximum substantially more intricate than in the homogeneous model. The source presents this as an open problem; it also conjectures that ZZ is the limit of variables resembling the derivative martingale from critical Gaussian multiplicative chaos and branching processes.

References

Primary source

Sebastian Andres, Martin Slowik and Anna-Lisa Sokol, “Scaling limit of the discrete Gaussian free field with degenerate random conductances”, arXiv:2508.17369 (2025).

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