The geometry of near ground states in Gaussian polymer models

DOI10.1214/22-EJP895zbMATH Open1524.60265arXiv2010.05836OpenAlexW3092475856MaRDI QIDQ6165213FDOQ6165213

Authors: Shirshendu Ganguly, Alan Hammond 

Publication date: 4 July 2023

Published in: Electronic Journal of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The energy and geometry of maximizing paths in integrable last passage percolation models are governed by the characteristic KPZ scaling exponents of one-third and two-thirds. When represented in scaled coordinates that respect these exponents, this random field of paths may be viewed as a complex energy landscape. We investigate the structure of valleys and connecting pathways in this landscape. The routed weight profile $mathbbRomathbbR$ associates to $xinmathbbR$ the maximum scaled energy obtainable by a path whose scaled journey from $(0,0)$ to $(0,1)$ passes through the point $(x,1/2)$. Developing tools of Brownian Gibbs analysis from [Ham16] and [CHH19], we prove an assertion of strong similarity of this profile for Brownian last passage percolation to Brownian motion of rate two on the unit-order scale. A sharp estimate on the rarity that two macroscopically different routes in the energy landscape offer energies close to the global maximum results. We prove robust assertions concerning modulus of continuity for the energy and geometry of scaled maximizing paths, that develop the results and approach of [HS20], delivering estimates valid on all scales above the microscopic. The geometry of excursions of near ground states about the maximizing path is investigated: indeed, we estimate the energetic shortfall of scaled paths forced to closely mimic the geometry of the maximizing route while remaining disjoint from it. We also provide bounds on the approximate gradient of the maximizing path, viewed as a function, ruling out sharp steep movement down to the microscopic scale. Our results find application in a companion study [GH20a] of the stability, and fragility, of last passage percolation under a dynamical perturbation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.05836

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesic excursionsstability and chaosdynamical modelsBrownian last passage percolationgeodesic modulus of continuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Percolation (82B43) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

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