Critical recurrence conjecture for stationary random walks on virtually--Z lamplighter groups

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Let GG be a virtually-Z\mathbb{Z} group and let HH be a nontrivial finite group. Let λc\lambda_c be the critical parameter such that the λ\lambda-stationary random walk on H≀GH\wr G is transient for λ<λc\lambda<\lambda_c and recurrent for λ>λc\lambda>\lambda_c. Critical recurrence conjecture. The λ\lambda-stationary random walk on H≀GH\wr G is recurrent also when λ=λc\lambda=\lambda_c. This conjecture predicts that the phase transition established for virtually-Z\mathbb{Z} base groups includes its critical parameter; the recurrence at λ=λc\lambda=\lambda_c remains open in the stated context.

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Itai Benjamini, Guy Blachar and Ariel Yadin, “Phase transition for recurrence of stationary random walks on lamplighter groups”, arXiv:2510.06441 (2025).

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2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2010.01530.

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