Percolation - Measure - Probability

In summary, we are considering the class of cylinders in $\Omega = \{0,1\}^{\mathbb{Z}^{2}}$, which is an algebra, and defining cluster points as points that can be reached from a given point through a path of only open dots. We then use this class to generate a $\sigma$-algebra $\mathbb{F}$ and explicitly express events related to the cluster of the origin being infinite, the existence of an infinite cluster system, the positive density of the origin's cluster, and the existence of at least two distinct infinite clusters.
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In $\Omega = \{0,1\}^{\mathbb{Z}^{2}}$, consider the class $C$ of cylinders. Show that $C$ is algebra. At $w\in \Omega$, we call cluster point $x$ all points $z\in \mathbb{Z}^{2}$ that can be attained from $x$ by a path that only passes by open dots. In the $\sigma$-algebra generated by $C, \mathbb{F}=\sigma(C)$, express the following events explicitly:

1 - {The cluster of the origin is infinite}

2 - {Exist in an infinite cluster system}

3 - {The cluster of the origin has positive density}

4 - {exist at least two infinite clusters (distinct)}
 
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$\Omega = \{0,1\}^{\mathbb{Z}^{2}}$ is the set of open and closed $\mathbb{Z}^{2}$

$\Omega_{\wedge} = \{0,1\}^{\wedge}, \forall \wedge \subset \mathbb{Z^{2}}$ finite.

$C:=$Cylinders (That is, local events that depend on a finite number of sites);

$\Pi_{\wedge}:\Omega \rightarrow \Omega_{\wedge}$ defined by $\Pi_{\wedge}(w)=$coincides with $w$ in $\wedge;$

$C_{\wedge}:=\Pi_{\wedge}^{-1}(P(\Omega_{\wedge}))$, where $P(\Omega_{\wedge})$ is the power set of $\Omega_{\wedge};$

In $\Omega = \{0,1\}^{\mathbb{Z}^{2}}$, consider the class $C$ of cylinders. Show that $C$ is algebra. At $w\in \Omega$, we call cluster point $x$ all points $z\in \mathbb{Z}^{2}$ that can be attained from $x$ by a path that only passes by open dots. In the $\sigma$-algebra generated by $C, \mathbb{F}=\sigma(C)$, express the following events explicitly:

1 - {The cluster of the origin is infinite}

2 - {Exist in an infinite cluster system}

3 - {The cluster of the origin has positive density}

4 - {exist at least two infinite clusters (distinct)}
 

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