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June 2010 Geography of local configurations
David Coupier
Ann. Appl. Probab. 20(3): 806-840 (June 2010). DOI: 10.1214/09-AAP630

Abstract

A d-dimensional binary Markov random field on a lattice torus is considered. As the size n of the lattice tends to infinity, potentials a=a(n) and b=b(n) depend on n. Precise bounds for the probability for local configurations to occur in a large ball are given. Under some conditions bearing on a(n) and b(n), the distance between copies of different local configurations is estimated according to their weights. Finally, a sufficient condition ensuring that a given local configuration occurs everywhere in the lattice is suggested.

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David Coupier. "Geography of local configurations." Ann. Appl. Probab. 20 (3) 806 - 840, June 2010. https://doi.org/10.1214/09-AAP630

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Published: June 2010
First available in Project Euclid: 18 June 2010

zbMATH: 1207.60015
MathSciNet: MR2680549
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/09-AAP630

Subjects:
Primary: 60F05
Secondary: 82B20

Keywords: ferromagnetic Ising model , FKG inequality , Markov random field

Rights: Copyright © 2010 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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