Coarsening in the Persistent Voter Model: analytical results

Abstract

We investigate the coarsening dynamics of a simplified version of the persistent voter model in which an agent can become a zealot -- i.e. resistent to change opinion -- at each step, based on interactions with its nearest neighbors. We show that such a model captures the main features of the original, non-Markovian, persistent voter model. We derive the governing equations for the one-point and two-point correlation functions. As these equations do not form a closed set, we employ approximate closure schemes, whose validity was confirmed through numerical simulations. Analytical solutions to these equations are obtained and well agree with the numerical results.

11 pages, 12 figures

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