Examples of nonpolygonal limit shapes in i.i.d. first-passage percolation and infinite coexistence in spatial growth models

Citation
Damron, Michael et Hochman, Michael, Examples of nonpolygonal limit shapes in i.i.d. first-passage percolation and infinite coexistence in spatial growth models, Annals of applied probability , 23(3), 2013, pp. 1074-1085
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
2013
Pages
1074 - 1085
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We construct an edge-weight distribution for i.i.d. first-passage percolation on Z2 whose limit shape is not a polygon and whose extreme points are arbitrarily dense in the boundary. Consequently, the associated Richardson-type growth model can support coexistence of a countably infinite number of distinct species, and the graph of infection has infinitely many ends.