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For independent nearest-neighbour bond percolation on ${\mathbb{Z}}^d$, $d\ge 2$, and $p<p_c$, there are constants $C,c>0$ such thatHere $p_c$ is the percolation critical probability, and the event asks for an open path from the origin to maximum-norm distance $n$. The constants may depend on $p$ and $d$. The theorem strengthens absence of an infinite percolation cluster: it quantifies how unlikely a long finite connection becomes.^[ref]

The finite-set criterion for percolation sharpness explains the mechanism. Below the threshold, a finite set $S$ can be chosen with exit quantity ${\phi }_p(S)<1$. Repeatedly splitting a long open path as it exits translated copies of $S$, and using the BK inequality, yields a geometric contraction in the number of such steps. Each step spans a bounded distance, converting the geometric bound into exponential decay in $n$. Decay of the percolation cluster radius is distinct from the stronger exponential tail of subcritical cluster size.

Hugo Duminil-Copin coauthored a proof of the sharp bond percolation transition with Vincent Tassion. Their nearest-neighbor lattice argument establishes exponential decay below the critical probability and a positive lower bound for the infinite-cluster probability above it. The result explains why the transition separates quantitatively different connectivity behavior.^[ref]

Vincent Tassion coauthored a proof of sharpness of the bond percolation transition with Hugo Duminil-Copin. Below the critical probability, connection to distance $n$ decays exponentially; above it, the infinite-cluster probability obeys a quantitative lower bound. The argument distinguishes two regimes on either side of the threshold rather than merely proving that a threshold exists.^[ref]