2003/07/15 by Dietrich Stauffer, Stauffer, Dietrich
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0307352
3 pages including one figure
arxiv created 2003/07/15 · openalex publication_date 2003/07/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Monte Carlo simulations of the Sznajd model with bounded confidence for varying dimensions show that the probability to reach a consensus in d-dimensional lattices depends only weakly on d. but strongly on the number Q of possible opinions: Q=3 usually leads to consensus, Q=4 does not.