# we-solve research prompt: Math-4239, Sharp phase transition for SIS epidemics on general networks

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/sharp-phase-transition-for-sis-epidemics-on-general-networks/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 9700010; source catalogue code AMR-096-0010
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\section{Sharp phase transition for SIS epidemics on general networks}\label{9700010}
{\small\sffamily UnsolvedMath ID 9700010 · Probability}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}

\paragraph{Shared notation.}$\mathbb N=\{1,2,\ldots\}$, and $\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$ denote the integers, rationals, reals and complex numbers. Any other conventions are specified locally.


For each $n$, let $G_n$ be a finite connected undirected graph on $n$ vertices, with symmetric edge weights $w_{vy}>0$ and vertex recovery rates $\mu_v>0$. For $\theta,\varepsilon>0$, its susceptible--infected--susceptible process has transitions
\[I\to S\text{ at rate }\mu_v,\qquad S\to I\text{ at rate }\varepsilon+\theta\sum_{y:\,y\text{ infected}}w_{vy}.\]
Let $X^{(n)}_{\theta,\varepsilon}$ be the stationary number of infected vertices. For nonnegative variables $Y_n$, write $Y_n\gg_p0$ if $\lim_{a\downarrow0}\limsup_n\mathbb P(Y_n<a)=0$; this is boundedness away from zero in probability. A property for every $\varepsilon_n\downarrow0$ sufficiently slowly means that some deterministic $b_n\downarrow0$ exists such that it holds for all such sequences with $\varepsilon_n\ge b_n$ eventually.
Assume constants $0<\theta_-<\theta_+<\infty$ satisfy, for every sufficiently slowly decreasing $\varepsilon_n$,
\[n^{-1}X^{(n)}_{\theta_-,\varepsilon_n}\to0\text{ in probability},\qquad n^{-1}X^{(n)}_{\theta_+,\varepsilon_n}\gg_p0.\]
\paragraph{Statement recorded in the supplied source.}
Prove, perhaps with further weak hypotheses on the networks and rates, that deterministic $\theta_n\in[\theta_-,\theta_+]$ exist for which every sufficiently slowly decreasing $\varepsilon_n\downarrow0$ and each fixed $\delta>0$ satisfy
\[n^{-1}X^{(n)}_{\theta_n-\delta,\varepsilon_n}\to0\text{ in probability},\qquad n^{-1}X^{(n)}_{\theta_n+\delta,\varepsilon_n}\gg_p0.\]
The first expression is considered when $\theta_n-\delta>0$; a nonpositive virulence parameter can equivalently be replaced by zero. \sref{9700010}{2}
\subsection{Short English statement}
Prove a sharp stationary SIS infection threshold on general weighted networks under the stated subcritical and supercritical assumptions.
\subsection{Sources}
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\item[\hypertarget{source:9700010:1}{S1}] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, \emph{UnsolvedMath: A Curated Collection of Open Mathematics Problems}, record 9700010 (AMR-096-0010). CC BY 4.0. \url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[\hypertarget{source:9700010:2}{S2}] David Aldous, \emph{Limits for processes over general networks}, talk dated 13 April 2018, Slides headed An SIS model (contact process) and the following Conjecture, PDF pp. 23--24. \url{https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/Talks/columbia2018.pdf}.
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-096-0010

## 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-9700010
Title:
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Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
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