Infinite paths with bounded or recurrent partial sums (Q5944099)

Let the values \(+1\) with probability \(p\) or \(-1\) with probability \(1-p\) be randomly assigned to each vertex of a squared lattice. The authors consider the following problems: (1) whether there is an infinite path with the property that the partial sums of the \(+1\) and \(-1\) along this path are uniformly bounded; (2) or whether there is an infinite path with the property that the partial sums of the \(+1\) and \(-1\) along this path are equal to zero infinitely often. They show how these questions are related to the type of path one allows, the value of the probability \(p\) and the uniform bound specified. Moreover, phase transitions occur for these phenomena and there is a connection with the classical Boolean model with squares around the points of a Poisson process in the plane.