A Hsu-Robbins-Erdős strong law in first-passage percolation (Q2354156)

In this paper, a systematic study of the regime for polynomial decay (RPD) of the probability tails is carried out. A precise characterization of the RPD in terms of a moment condition is derived, and, as a consequence, the result improves the statement of the shape theorem without strengthening its hypothesis. In general, the obtained results strengthen earlier strong laws in first-passage percolation, in particular the shape theorem due to \textit{D. Richardson} [Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 74, 515--528 (1973; Zbl 0295.62094)] and \textit{J. T. Cox} and \textit{R. Durrett} [Ann. Probab. 9, 583--603 (1981; Zbl 0462.60012)], which states the precise conditions under which the set of points in \(Z^d\) within distance \(t\) from the origin, rescaled by \(t\), converges to a deterministic compact or convex set.