Effect of initial conditions on Glauber dynamics in complex networks

Abstract

The effect of initial spin configurations on zero-temperature Glauber spin dynamics in complex networks is investigated. In a system in which the initial spins are defined by centrality measures at the vertices of a network, a variety of nontrivial diffusive behaviors arise, particularly in relation to functional relationships between the initial and final fractions of positive spins, some of which exhibit a critical point. Notably, the majority spin in the initial state is not always dominant in the final state and the phenomena that occur as a result of the dynamics differ according to the initial condition, even for the same network. It is thus concluded that the initial condition of a complex network exerts an influence on spin dynamics that is equally as strong as that exerted by the network structure.