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The critical probability of bond percolation on the square lattice equals 1/2

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We prove the statement in the title of the paper.

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    Harry Kesten

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Communicated by E. Lieb

Research supported by the NSF under grant MCS-7703543

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Kesten, H. The critical probability of bond percolation on the square lattice equals 1/2. Commun.Math. Phys. 74, 41–59 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197577

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