Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 March 2017
For every $p>2$, we construct a regular and continuous specification (
$g$-function), which has a variation sequence that is in
$\ell ^{p}$ and which admits multiple Gibbs measures. Combined with a result of Johansson and Öberg [Square summability of variations of
$g$-functions and uniqueness in
$g$-measures. Math. Res. Lett.10(5–6) (2003), 587–601], this determines the optimal modulus of continuity for a specification which admits multiple Gibbs measures.