Does a Single Zealot Affect an Infinite Group of Voters ?
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Physics and Society
Abstract
A method for studying exact properties of a class of {\it inhomogeneous} stochastic many-body systems is developed and presented in the framework of a voter model perturbed by the presence of a ``zealot'', an individual allowed to favour an opinion. We compute exactly the magnetization of this model and find that in one (1d) and two dimensions (2d) it evolves, algebraically () in 1d and much slower () in 2d, towards the unanimity state chosen by the zealot. In higher dimensions the stationary magnetization is no longer uniform: the zealot cannot influence all the individuals. Implications to other physical problems are also pointed out.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0304670,
title = {Does a Single Zealot Affect an Infinite Group of Voters ?},
author = {Mauro Mobilia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0304670},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, 2-column revtex4 format