Disorder-induced phase transition in an opinion dynamics model: Results in two and three dimensions
Sudip Mukherjee1,2, Arnab Chatterjee2
1Barasat Government College, 10 K.N.C. Road, Barasat (N 24 Parganas), Kolkata 700124, India.
Abstract:
We study a model of continuous opinion dynamics with both positive and negative mutual interactions. The model shows a continuous phase transition between a phase with consensus (order) and a phase having no consensus (disorder). The mean field version of the model was already studied. Using extensive numerical simulations, we study the same model in two and three dimensions. The critical points of the phase transitions for various cases and the associated critical exponents have been estimated. The universality class of the phase transitions in the model is found to be same as Ising model in the respective dimensions.
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