The exact factor-of-IID threshold for free Ising spins on trees
What the paper claims, in its own words
Determines when the free zero-field ferromagnetic Ising state on the infinite d-regular tree is a factor of independent vertex labels: exactly when , including equality, for d ≥ 3 and β ≥ 0. The construction uses no root and is almost surely equivariant for each fixed tree automorphism, resolving the ferromagnetic case of Lyons's question.
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The original paper
- The sharp factor-of-IID threshold for the free Ising model on regular trees (PDF, opens in a new tab) September 26, 2026 Formal proof listed