Exact results for the extreme Thouless effect in a model of network dynamics

• Published in: Europhysics letters Vol. 124; no. 6; pp. 60008 - 60013
• Main Authors: Zia, R. K. P., Zhang, Weibin, Ezzatabadipour, Mohammadmehdi, Bassler, Kevin E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and Società Italiana di Fisica 01.12.2018; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: 02.50.-r; 05.40.-a; 64.60.De; Critical point; Extreme values; Order parameters; Phase transitions; Social networks

If a system undergoing phase transitions exhibits some characteristics of both first and second order, it is said to be of "mixed order" or to display the Thouless effect. Such a transition is present in a simple model of a dynamic social network, in which extreme introverts/extroverts alw...