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Evolution of the exponents for the degree growth, symmetric homophily. The exponents βa (minority) and βb (majority) are defined in Eqs (15 and 17). h = haa = hbb is the homophily parameter and the numbers on the curves indicate the fraction of nodes belonging to the minority group (parameter fa).