An exactly solvable continuous-time Derrida-Retaux model

DOI10.1007/S00220-019-03465-WMaRDI QIDQ1986582zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bastien Mallein, Michel Pain, Yueyun Hu

Publication date 8 April 2020

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08749

zbMATH Keywords

Derrida-Retaux modelphase transitionYule tree

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Trees (05C05) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Abstract: To study the depinning transition in the limit of strong disorder, Derrida and Retaux (2014) introduced a discrete-time max-type recursive model. It is believed that for a large class of recursive models, including Derrida and Retaux' model, there is a highly non-trivial phase transition. In this article, we present a continuous-time version of Derrida and Retaux model, built on a Yule tree, which yields an exactly solvable model belonging to this universality class. The integrability of this model allows us to study in details the phase transition near criticality and can be used to confirm the infinite order phase transition predicted by physicists. We also study the scaling limit of this model at criticality, which we believe to be universal.

Review text

\textit{B. Derrida} and \textit{M. Retaux} [J. Stat. Phys. 156, No. 2, 268--290 (2014; Zbl 1312.82005)] introduced a max-type recursive model to represents a simplified version of the problem of the depinning transition in the limit of strong disorder. This max-type recursive model is defined by \[X_{n+1}\overset{(d)}{=}(X_n+\widetilde{X}_{n}-1)_+,\ \text{ for all } n\geq 0,\] where, for any \(x\in \mathbb{R}\), \(x_{+} := \max(x, 0),\) \(\widetilde{X}_n\) denotes an independent copy of \(X_n\), and \(\overset{(d)}{=}\) stands for the identity in distribution. In this present paper, the authors study an exactly solvable version of a continuous-time generalization of the Derrida and Retaux (DR) model. A process description of this model is given. The painting scheme on a Yule tree is illustrated. The definition of a continuous-time DR tree \((\mu_t)_{t\geq0}\) is presented. The authors obtain preliminary results on the asymptotic behavior of a general continuous-time DR model. The authors give a classification of this DR model in pinned, unpinned and critical behaviors for any starting distribution. The pinned and unpinned regions of the solvable DR model are plotted. Also, the phase diagram of the differential system is plotted. The critical regime of the model is rigorously studied. Some quantitative characteristics of the conditioned (red) tree are presented. In the last section, the authors give some results on the continuous-time DR model with a general initial distribution on \(\mathbb{R}_+\). Some open problems are presented.

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