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Asymptotics of First-Passage Percolation on One-Dimensional Graphs

Part of:Special processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Daniel Ahlberg
Daniel Ahlberg*
Affiliation:
University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology
*
∗ Current address: IMPA, Estrada Dona Castorina 110, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Email address: ahlberg@impa.br
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Abstract

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In this paper we consider first-passage percolation on certain one-dimensional periodic graphs, such as the nearest neighbour graph for d, K ≥ 1. We expose a regenerative structure within the first-passage process, and use this structure to show that both length and weight of minimal-weight paths present a typical one-dimensional asymptotic behaviour. Apart from a strong law of large numbers, we derive a central limit theorem, a law of the iterated logarithm, and a Donsker theorem for these quantities. In addition, we prove that the mean and variance of the length and weight of minimizing paths are monotone in the distance between their end-points, and further show how the regenerative idea can be used to couple two first-passage processes to eventually coincide. Using this coupling we derive a 0–1 law.

Keywords

First-passage percolationrenewal theoryclassical limit theorem

MSC classification

Primary:60K35: Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory
Secondary:60K05: Renewal theory

Information

Type
General Applied Probability
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 2015, pp. 182 - 209
Copyright
© Applied Probability Trust 

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