TY  - JOUR
N2  - We study the voter model with a finite density of zealots?voters that never change opinion. For equal numbers of zealots of each species, the distribution of magnetization (opinions) is Gaussian in the mean-field limit, as well as in one and two dimensions, with a width that is proportional to 1/?Z , where Z is the number of zealots, independent of the total number of voters. Thus just a few zealots can prevent consensus or even the formation of a robust majority.
TI  - On the role of zealotry in the voter model
ID  - eprints261
SN  - 1742-5468
AV  - none
KW  -     interacting agent models
KW  - 

    probability theory
KW  - 

    scaling in socio-economic systems
KW  - 

IS  - 08
VL  - 2007
PB  - IOPscience
Y1  - 2007///
JF  - Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08029
A1  - Mobilia, M.
A1  - Petersen, Alexander M.
A1  - Redner, S.
ER  -