Kalikow's 0-1 conjecture for directional escape in random environments

Let X=(Xn)n0X=(X_n)_{n\geq 0} be a random walk in a stationary ergodic environment on Zd\mathbb{Z}^d, and let Sd1S^{d-1} denote the unit sphere. For a direction Sd1\ell\in S^{d-1}, define the directional escape event

A={Xn.+}.A_{\ell}=\{X_n\mathbin{.}\ell\to+\infty\}.

Kalikow's 0-1 conjecture.

P[A]{0,1}.\mathbb{P}[A_{\ell}]\in\{0,1\}.

This asserts that, for each direction, the walk either escapes to infinity in that direction or does not, with probability zero or one. The source states that this conjecture has counterexamples for elliptic ergodic environments, including prior work in two dimensions; it is therefore refuted in the stated generality.

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Primary source

Ayan Ghosh, “Ergodic Theorems for Random Walks in Random Environments”, arXiv:2601.04161 (2026).

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