Explicit estimates in the Bramson-Kalikow model

Abstract

The aim of the present article is to explicitly compute parameters for which the Bramson-Kalikow model exhibits phase-transition. The main ingredient of the proof is a simple new criterion for non-uniqueness of $g$-measures. We show that the existence of multiple $g$-measures compatible with a function $g$ can be proved by estimating the $\bar{d}$-distances between some suitably chosen Markov chains. The method is optimal for the important class of binary regular attractive functions, which includes the Bramson-Kalikow model.