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Infinitely Many Contact Process Transitions on a Tree

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We continue our study of the ergodic behavior of the contact process on infinite connected graphs of bounded degree. Examples are provided of trees on which, as the infection parameter increases, complete convergence alternates between holding and failing infinitely many times.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095

    Marcia Salzano

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Salzano, M. Infinitely Many Contact Process Transitions on a Tree. Journal of Statistical Physics 97, 817–826 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004631712692

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