Random Graph Dynamics

by Rick Durrett

Book Overview

The theory of random graphs began in the late 1950s in several papers by Erdos and Renyi. In the late twentieth century, the notion of six degrees of separation, meaning that any two people on the planet can be connected by a short chain of people who know each other, inspired Strogatz and Watts to define the small world random graph in which each site is connected to k close neighbors, but also has long-range connections. At about the same time,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521150167
• ISBN13: 9780521150163
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"