On the Wasserstein distance and Dobrushin's uniqueness theorem

arXiv2305.19371MaRDI QIDQ6438567FDOQ6438567

Publication date: 30 May 2023

Abstract: In this paper, we revisit Dobrushin's uniqueness theorem for Gibbs measures of lattice systems of interacting particles at thermal equilibrium. In a nutshell, Dobrushin's uniqueness theorem provides a practical way to derive sufficient conditions on the inverse-temperature and model parameters assuring uniqueness of Gibbs measures by reducing the uniqueness problem to a suitable estimate of the Wasserstein distance between pairs of 1-point Gibbs measures with different boundary conditions. After proving a general result of completeness for the Wasserstein distance, we reformulate Dobrushin's uniqueness theorem in a convenient form for lattice systems of interacting particles described by Hamiltonians that are not necessarily translation-invariant and with a general complete metric space as single-spin space. Subsequently, we give a series of applications. After proving a uniqueness result at high temperature that we extend to the Ising and Potts models, we focus on classical lattice systems for which the local Gibbs measures are convex perturbations of Gaussian measures. We show that uniqueness holds at all temperatures by constructing suitable couplings with the 1-point Gibbs measures as marginals. The decay of correlation functions is also discussed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convergence of probability measures (60B10) Probability measures on topological spaces (60B05) Vector-valued measures and integration (46G10) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Set functions and measures and integrals in infinite-dimensional spaces (Wiener measure, Gaussian measure, etc.) (28C20) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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