Abstract
We introduce a two-type first passage percolation competition model on infinite connected graphs as follows. Type 1 spreads through the edges of the graph at rate 1 from a single distinguished site, while all other sites are initially vacant. Once a site is occupied by type 1, it converts to type 2 at rate . Sites occupied by type 2 then spread at rate through vacant sites and sites occupied by type 1, whereas type 1 can only spread through vacant sites. If the set of sites occupied by type 1 is nonempty at all times, we say type 1 survives. In the case of a regular d-ary tree for , we show type 1 can survive when it is slower than type 2, provided ρ is small enough. This is in contrast to when the underlying graph is , where for any , type 1 dies out almost surely if for some .
Funding Statement
TF was supported by a scholarship from the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics at Bath (SAMBa), under the project EP/L015684/1.
AS was supported by EPSRC Fellowship EP/N004566/1.
Acknowledgements
AS is also affiliated with Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath.
Citation
Thomas Finn. Alexandre Stauffer. "Coexistence in competing first passage percolation with conversion." Ann. Appl. Probab. 32 (6) 4459 - 4480, December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1214/22-AAP1792
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