On periodical behaviour in societies with symmetric influences (Q2266658)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3894776
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3894776 |
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On periodical behaviour in societies with symmetric influences (English)
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1983
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We propose a simple model of society with a symmetric function \(w(u,v)\) measuring the influence of the opinion of member \(v\) on that of member \(u\). The opinions are chosen from a finite set. At each step everyone accepts the majority opinion (with respect to \(w\)) of the other members. The behaviour of such a society is clearly periodic after some initial time. We prove that the length of the period is either one or two.
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periodical behaviour in societies
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symmetric influences
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majority opinion
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