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Graphical illustration of the three axioms.
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posted on 2018-10-24, 18:03 authored by Chen Avin, Zvi Lotker, David Peleg, Yvonne-Anne Pignolet, Itzik TurkelElite nodes are gray. (A1) The elite’s external influence (blue edges), , dominates the periphery’s internal influence (black edges), . (A2) The internal influence of the elite, , is robust to the periphery’s external influence, . (A3) The elite is denser and its average individual is more powerful than an average individual in the society.