Figure 6. Opinion change in the boomerang regime.
Blue (resp. purple) curve: the initial opinion of agent (resp.
) described by probability density p(x) (resp. q(x)). Olive curve: the final opinion
of
given by (16) with
. Here p(x) and q(x) are given by (17) with
and
. The anchor (maximally probable opinion) of
not only moves away from the anchor of
; but it is also enhanced: the (biggest) peak of
is larger than that of p(x). The second (smaller) peak of
arises because the initial probability of
located to the right from the anchor
of
, moves away from
;
gets a local minimum close to
.