[Sds-seminars] S&DS Seminar via Zoom, Van Vu, 10/11 @ 4pm-5pm, "Reaching consensus: the power of few"

[elizavette.torres at yale.edu]

   <https://statistics.yale.edu/> Department of Statistics and Data Science


You are invited to a scheduled Zoom Seminar


VAN VU, Yale University


Monday, October 11, 2021

4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Title: Reaching consensus: the power of few.



Information and Abstract:

We study the following process (popular in game theory and mathematical
physics):   Let G be a graph connecting individuals in a society.  Split the
vertex set V into two camps: Red and Blue (representing different opinions).
Each day, each person changes his/her opinion according to the majority rule
with respect to his/her neighborhood. A color wins if at some stage everyone
has that color.

 If G is a random graph (G(n,1/2), say) and Red and Blue has the same size,
then, by symmetry, Red and Blue win with probability .5. We have discovered
a new phenomenon which we call

“the power of few”:  if  Red has only a  few more vertices, then its
chance to win is close to 1. In particular, if 6 persons move from Blue camp
to Red camp, then Red wins with probability at least .9. The key here is
that “few” is an absolute constant and does not depend on the size of the
camps.

 In the talk, I will survey the topic, present a few ideas behind the
proofs, and discuss several open questions.

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