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We establish, using mathematically rigorous methods, that the critical covered volume fraction (CVF) for a continuum percolation model with overlapping balls of random sizes is not a universal constant independent of the distribution of the size of the balls. In addition, we show that the critical CVF is a continuous function of the distribution of the radius random variable, in the sense that if a sequence of random variables converges weakly to some random variable, then the critical CVF based on these random variables converges to the critical CVF of the limiting random variable.
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Meester, R., Roy, R. & Sarkar, A. Nonuniversality and continuity of the critical covered volume fraction in continuum percolation. J Stat Phys 75, 123–134 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186282
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186282