# we-solve research prompt: Math-1694, Stationary distributions in one dimension

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/stationary-distributions-in-one-dimension/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 9600001; source catalogue code AMR-095-0001
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\section*{Stationary distributions in one dimension}\label{9600001}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 9600001 · AMR-095-0001 · Probability · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $p:\mathbb Z\to[0,1]$ have $\sum_zp(z)=1$, and assume the random walk with jump law $p$ is irreducible on $\mathbb Z$. Consider the continuous-time exclusion process on configurations $\eta\in\{0,1\}^{\mathbb Z}$. For each ordered pair $(x,x+z)$, an independent clock of rate $p(z)$ attempts to move a particle from $x$ to $x+z$. The move occurs only if $x$ is occupied and $x+z$ is vacant.

Suppose
\[
\sum_z|z|p(z)<\infty,\qquad
\sum_z z p(z)>0,\qquad
\sum_{z<0}z^2p(z)=\infty.
\]
A probability measure $\mu$ on the configuration space is stationary if starting with $\eta_0\sim\mu$ gives $\eta_t\sim\mu$ for every $t\ge0$. Does every such kernel admit a stationary $\mu$ satisfying
\[
\lim_{x\to-\infty}\mu(\eta(x)=1)=0,
\qquad \lim_{x\to+\infty}\mu(\eta(x)=1)=1?
\]
The requested measure describes a stationary transition from empty sites on the left to occupied sites on the right, despite the positive mean motion of individual particles. It need not be invariant under spatial translations or be a product measure. The conclusion only prescribes one-site marginal limits: it does not require almost surely finitely many particles on the left or finitely many holes on the right. The infinite second moment is imposed only on negative jumps; the first absolute moment remains finite on both sides. A negative answer requires an admissible irreducible kernel for which no measure with these marginal limits exists.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does one-dimensional exclusion with rightward drift and an infinite negative-jump second moment admit a stationary empty-to-full interface?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 9600001 (AMR-095-0001), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Liggett - Some Open Problems (2012), Problem 1, PDF page 1. Original source indexed by AMR-095-0001.
\url{https://web.archive.org/web/20150919235903id_/http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tml/open.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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## 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-9600001
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)