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Political Dynamics Affected by Turncoats

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An operatorial theoretical model based on raising and lowering fermionic operators for the description of the dynamics of a political system consisting of macro–groups affected by turncoat–like behaviors is presented. The analysis of the party system dynamics is carried on by combining the action of a suitable quadratic Hamiltonian operator with specific rules (depending on the variations of the mean values of the observables) able to adjust periodically the conservative model to the political environment.

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The research was partially funded by the Ph.D. School in Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Catania.

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  1. MIFT Department, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166, Messina, Italy

    Rosa Di Salvo, Matteo Gorgone & Francesco Oliveri

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Di Salvo, R., Gorgone, M. & Oliveri, F. Political Dynamics Affected by Turncoats. Int J Theor Phys 56, 3604–3614 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-017-3525-1

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