Localization on 4 sites for vertex-reinforced random walks on \(\mathbb{Z}\) (Q2447333)

This paper studies one-dimensional vertex reinforced random walks (VRRW) with non-decreasing weight functions. It is interesting that the models exhibit a phase transition appeared for weights of order \(n \log \log n\): for weights growing faster than this rate, the VRRW localizes almost surely on at most 4 sites whereas for weights growing slower, the VRRW cannot localize on less than 5 sites. When the weight is of order \(n \log \log n\), the VRRW localizes almost surely on either 4 or 5 sites, both events happening with positive probability.