Beating the competition: Scientists discover how the size of networks can skyrocket
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 14:31
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A single new connection can dramatically enhance the size of a network no matter whether this connection represents an additional link in the Internet, a new acquaintance within a circle of friends or a connection between two nerve cells in the brain. The results, which are published in Nature Physics, were part of a theoretical study carried out researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS), the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Gottingen and the University Gottingen. This study mathematically describes for the first time the influence of single additional links in a network.