Sharp asymptotics of disconnection time of large cylinders by simple and biased random walks

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Main Authors: Li, Xinyi, Liu, Yu, Wang, Yuanzheng
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author Li, Xinyi
Liu, Yu
Wang, Yuanzheng
author_facet Li, Xinyi
Liu, Yu
Wang, Yuanzheng
contents We investigate the asymptotic disconnection time of a large discrete cylinder $(\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z})^{d}\times \mathbb{Z}$, $d\geq 2$, by simple and biased random walks. For simple random walk, we derive a sharp asymptotic lower bound that matches the upper bound from [Sznitman, Ann. Probab., 2009]. For biased walks, we obtain bounds that asymptotically match in the principal order when the bias is not too strong, which greatly improves non-matching bounds from [Windisch, Ann. Appl. Probab., 2008]. As a crucial tool in the proof, we also obtain a "very strong" coupling between the trace of random walk on the cylinder and random interlacements, which is of independent interest.
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spellingShingle Sharp asymptotics of disconnection time of large cylinders by simple and biased random walks
Li, Xinyi
Liu, Yu
Wang, Yuanzheng
Probability
60G50, 60K35, 82C41 (Primary)
We investigate the asymptotic disconnection time of a large discrete cylinder $(\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z})^{d}\times \mathbb{Z}$, $d\geq 2$, by simple and biased random walks. For simple random walk, we derive a sharp asymptotic lower bound that matches the upper bound from [Sznitman, Ann. Probab., 2009]. For biased walks, we obtain bounds that asymptotically match in the principal order when the bias is not too strong, which greatly improves non-matching bounds from [Windisch, Ann. Appl. Probab., 2008]. As a crucial tool in the proof, we also obtain a "very strong" coupling between the trace of random walk on the cylinder and random interlacements, which is of independent interest.
title Sharp asymptotics of disconnection time of large cylinders by simple and biased random walks
topic Probability
60G50, 60K35, 82C41 (Primary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.17900