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We prove by elementary combinatorial considerations that the critical probability of the square lattice site percolation is larger than 0.503478.
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Work supported by the Central Research Found of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 476/82)
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Tóth, B. A lower bound for the critical probability of the square lattice site percolation. Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie verw Gebiete 69, 19–22 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00532582
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