2 papers
q-bio.PE2026
Mutant Fixation for a Stochastic Evolutionary Model in Fragmented Populations
Yi Fu, Natalia L. Komarova
Population fragmentation is a common feature of many biological systems. Understanding mutant fixation in such systems is challenging because the underlying stochastic dynamics are…
physics.soc-ph2026
When minor issues matter: symmetries, pluralism, and polarization in similarity-based opinion dynamics
Brian Mintz, Daniel Simonson, Dominik Wodarz +2
Understanding how opinions evolve through social interactions is crucial for mitigating polarization. Existing opinion-dynamics models incorporate both attractive and repulsive int…