Approximation conjecture for steady states in the sigmoidal bounded-confidence model

Let x\mathbf{x} be a steady state of a Hegselmann–Krause model with confidence bound δ\sqrt{\delta}. Define Cδ(x)RnC_\delta(\mathbf{x})\subset\mathbb{R}^n to be the set of opinion vectors y\mathbf{y} satisfying

(yiyj)2δ    (xixj)2δfor all ij.(y_i-y_j)^2\leq\delta\iff (x_i-x_j)^2\leq\delta\quad\text{for all }i\sim j.

Approximation conjecture. There exist xCδ(x)\mathbf{x}'\in C_\delta(\mathbf{x}), a sequence {γ()}\{\gamma^{(\ell)}\}_\ell, and a sequence {x()}\{\mathbf{x}^{(\ell)}\}_\ell such that

Fγ()(x())=0\mathbf{F}_{\gamma^{(\ell)}}(\mathbf{x}^{(\ell)})=\mathbf{0}

and x()x\mathbf{x}^{(\ell)}\to\mathbf{x}' as γ\gamma\to\infty. The conjecture asserts that every pattern of mutual influence represented by an HK steady state has a representative opinion vector approximable by steady states of the SBCM.

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Heather Z. Brooks, Philip S. Chodrow and Mason A. Porter, “Emergence of polarization in a sigmoidal bounded-confidence model of opinion dynamics”, arXiv:2209.07004 (2023).

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