## Electronic Journal of Probability

### Percolation on uniform infinite planar maps

#### Abstract

We construct the uniform infinite planar map (UIPM), obtained as the $n \to \infty$ local limit of planar maps with $n$ edges, chosen uniformly at random. We then describe how the UIPM can be sampled using a "peeling" process, in a similar way as for uniform triangulations. This process allows us to prove that for bond and site percolation on the UIPM, the percolation thresholds are $p^{\textrm{bond}}_c=1/2$ and $p^{\textrm{site}}_c=2/3$ respectively. This method also works for other classes of random infinite planar maps, and we show in particular that for bond percolation on the uniform infinite planar quadrangulation, the percolation threshold is $p^{\textrm{bond}}_c=1/3$.

#### Article information

Source
Electron. J. Probab., Volume 19 (2014), paper no. 79, 27 pp.

Dates
Accepted: 2 September 2014
First available in Project Euclid: 4 June 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejp/1465065721

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/EJP.v19-2675

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3256879

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1300.60114

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#### Citation

Ménard, Laurent; Nolin, Pierre. Percolation on uniform infinite planar maps. Electron. J. Probab. 19 (2014), paper no. 79, 27 pp. doi:10.1214/EJP.v19-2675. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejp/1465065721

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