The Constrained-degree percolation model

Abstract

In the Constrained-degree percolation model on a graph $(\mathbb{V},\mathbb{E})$ there are a sequence, $(U_e{)}_{e\in \mathbb{E}}$, of i.i.d. random variables with distribution $U[0,1]$ and a positive integer $k$. Each bond $e$ tries to open at time $U_e$, it succeeds if both its end-vertices would have degrees at most $k-1$. We prove a phase transition theorem for this model on the square lattice ${\mathbb{L}}^2$, as well as on the d-ary regular tree. We also prove that on the square lattice the infinite cluster is unique in the supercritical phase.

22 pages, 5 figures. To appear in Stochastic Processes and their Applications