Can a few fanatics influence the opinion of a large segment of a society?

DOI10.1140/epjb/e2007-00106-7zbMath1189.91185arXivphysics/0506154OpenAlexW2224870114MaRDI QIDQ978801

J. Martínez

Publication date: 25 June 2010

Published in: The European Physical Journal B. Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0506154

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30) Applications of statistical and quantum mechanics to economics (econophysics) (91B80) Time-dependent statistical mechanics (dynamic and nonequilibrium) (82C99)

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