Universality of opinions disappearing in sociophysical models of opinion dynamics: From initial multitude of opinions to ultimate consensus.

Possibility of reaching a consensus in social systems with strong initial fragmentation is one of the most interesting issues in sociophysics. It is also intriguing what the dynamics of such processes is. To address those problems, we performed computer simulations using well-established models of social opinion formation, namely, the voter, Sznajd, and Latané models.