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Power networks
Why do so many networks exhibit a similar kind of structure? It's because the rich tend to get richer!
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Too big to write but not too big for Graham
Meet the number that's bigger than the observable Universe!
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From bridges to networks
How a cute 18th century puzzle laid the foundations for one of the most modern areas of maths: network theory.
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Mathematicians rival octopus in World Cup final prediction
A new mathematical analysis of team tactics predicts a Spanish win in Sunday's FIFA World Cup final and also sheds some light on why England were trashed by Germany.
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Maths aMazes
C. J. Budd and C. J. Sangwin show us how to create mazes, and explain why mazes and networks have much in common. In fact the study of mazes and labyrinths takes us into the dark territory of murder, suicide, adultery, passion, intrigue, religion and conquest...
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Call routing in telephone networks
Find out how modern telephone networks use mathematics to make it possible for a person to dial a friend in another country just as easily as if they were in the same street, or to read web pages that are on a computer in another continent.
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Agner Krarup Erlang (1878 - 1929)
The mathematics underlying today's complex telephone networks is still based on his work. Erlang was the first person to study the problem of telephone networks.