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We prove that the critical probabilities of site percolation on the square lattice satisfy the relation p c +p /* c =1. Furthermore we prove the continuity of the function “percolation probability”.
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Work supported in part by U.S. National Science Foundation Grant PHY78-25390
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Russo, L. On the critical percolation probabilities. Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie verw Gebiete 56, 229–237 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00535742
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