On the non-convexity of the time constant in first-passage percolation (Q1920188)

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    On the non-convexity of the time constant in first-passage percolation
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 918329

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      On the non-convexity of the time constant in first-passage percolation (English)
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      20 July 1997
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      \textit{J. M. Hammersley} and \textit{D. J. A. Welsh} [in: Bernoulli-Bayes-Laplace Anniversary Vol., 61-110 (1965; Zbl 0143.40402)] conjectured that in (Bernoulli) edge percolation on \(Z^d\) the time constant \(\mu= \mu(F)\) is a convex function of the distribution function \(F\) of the passage time \(t(e) \geq 0\) of an edge \(e\) provided \(t(e)\) is integrable. In the present paper an example is given for which convexity of the time constant does not hold.
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      edge percolation
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      passage time
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