Physics supports classic adage about alliances, Northwestern study finds

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 06, 2024

The longstanding saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," has been quantitatively validated by researchers at Northwestern University using principles of statistical physics. Scheduled for publication in Science Advances on May 3, the study revisits social balance theory, first posited by Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider in the 1940s. This theory posits four fundamental rules for so