Loop-erased random walk on a torus in dimensions 4 and above (Q2575392)

Let \(L\) be a loop-erased simple random walk on the discrete torus \(T:= (\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z})^d\) starting at some \(b\in T\) and stopped when hitting some other point \(e\in T\). The authors prove that for all \(\lambda> 0\) \[ P\,(\text{length of }L>\lambda N^{d/2})\leq Ce^{-c\lambda} \] for \(d\geq 5\), and for the critical dimension \(d= 4\), \[ P\,(\text{length of }L>\lambda N^{2+\varepsilon})\leq Ce^{-c\lambda} \] for all \(\varepsilon> 0\) where \(C\), \(c\) may depend on \(d\) and \(\varepsilon\). Moreover, a similar result for the number of loop erasures is given for \(d\geq 5\). The results show that for \(d\geq 4\) the asymptotic behaviour of loop erased random walks is completely different on discrete tori and on the full spaces \(\mathbb{Z}^d\).