# we-solve research prompt: Math-1717, Locality of connective constants

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/locality-of-connective-constants/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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\section*{Locality of connective constants}\label{10000024}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 10000024 · AMR-099-0024 · Probability · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $(G_n,o_n)$ and $(G,o)$ be infinite connected locally finite vertex-transitive graphs with distinguished roots. Say that $G_n$ converges locally to $G$ if, for every integer radius $R\ge0$, the induced rooted balls $(B_{G_n}(o_n,R),o_n)$ and $(B_G(o,R),o)$ are isomorphic for all sufficiently large $n$. The threshold index may depend on $R$.

For such a graph $H$ with root $v$, let $c_m(H)$ be the number of nearest-neighbor paths $(v_0,\ldots,v_m)$ with $v_0=v$ and all $m+1$ vertices distinct. Its connective constant is
\[
\mu(H)=\lim_{m\to\infty}c_m(H)^{1/m}
       =\inf_{m\ge1}c_m(H)^{1/m}.
\]
The limit exists because vertex transitivity gives $c_{m+k}(H)\le c_m(H)c_k(H)$; its value does not depend on the root.

Prove that local convergence implies $\mu(G_n)\to\mu(G)$. No common group presentation, compatible generating set, or graph height function is included in the hypothesis. Local convergence already forces the degrees to agree eventually, so a separate eventual degree bound is unnecessary.

For each fixed $m$, local convergence identifies the walks of length $m$ and gives $c_m(G_n)=c_m(G)$ eventually. This supplies the upper bound $\limsup_n\mu(G_n)\le\mu(G)$. The substantive remaining demand is the reverse lower bound for the asymptotic growth rate, which involves arbitrarily long walks and is not decided by one fixed neighborhood.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does agreement of increasingly large neighborhoods force convergence of self-avoiding-walk connective constants?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 10000024 (AMR-099-0024), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Benjamini - Coarse Geometry and Randomness (Saint-Flour notes), Conjecture 4.33, PDF page 38. Original source indexed by AMR-099-0024.
\url{https://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itai/stflouraug24.pdf#page=38}.
\item[S3] I. Benjamini, Coarse Geometry and Randomness, primary Saint-Flour notes; the numbered question and its surrounding definitions.
\url{https://arquivo.pt/noFrame/replay/20201231041548id_/http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itai/stflouraug24.pdf}.
\item[S4] I. Benjamini, Euclidean vs. Graph Metric, primary numbered question and conventions.
\url{https://arquivo.pt/noFrame/replay/20201231041538id_/http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itai/erd100.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-099-0024

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-10000024
Title:
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Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
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