Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2020
We consider Stavskaya’s process, which is a two-state probabilistic cellular automaton defined on a one-dimensional lattice. The state of any vertex depends only on itself and on the state of its right-adjacent neighbour. This process was one of the first multicomponent systems with local interaction for which the existence of a kind of phase transition has been rigorously proved. However, the exact localisation of its critical value remains as an open problem. We provide a new lower bound for the critical value.
This work has been partially supported by FAPESP (2017/10555-0), CNPq (Grant 304676/2016-0) and CAPES (under the Program MATH-AMSUD/CAPES 88881.197412/2018-01).