Barma–Dhar critical-bias conjecture for biased random walk on percolation clusters

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Let p∈(pc,1)p\in(p_c,1), where pc=12p_c=\frac{1}{2} is the critical probability for bond percolation on Z2\mathbb{Z}^2. For the biased random walk on the infinite percolation cluster, let βℓ\beta_\ell and βu\beta_u be the constants from Theorem 1, so that positive speed holds when 1<β<βℓ1<\beta<\beta_\ell and zero speed holds when β>βu\beta>\beta_u. Define βcrit:=βℓ=βu\beta_{\rm crit}:=\beta_\ell=\beta_u. Barma–Dhar's critical-bias conjecture. The statements of Theorem 1 hold with βcrit:=βℓ=βu\beta_{\rm crit}:=\beta_\ell=\beta_u. This conjecture asserts that the transition from positive to zero speed occurs at a single critical bias. The paper proves only the existence of possibly distinct lower and upper thresholds, so equality remains open here.

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Noam Berger, Nina Gantert and Yuval Peres, “The speed of biased random walk on percolation clusters”, arXiv:math/0211303 (2003).

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