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$p$-th Clustering coefficients and $q$-$th$ degrees of separation based on String-Adjacent Formulation

Physics and Society 2010-02-19 v1

Abstract

The phenomenon of six degrees of separation is an old but attractive subject. The deep understanding has been uncovered yet, especially how closed paths included in a network affect six degrees of separation are an important subject left yet. For it, some researches have been made\cite{Newm21}, \cite{Aoyama}. Recently we have develop a formalism \cite{Toyota3},\cite{Toyota4} to explore the subject based on the string formalism developed by Aoyama\cite{Aoyama}. The formalism can systematically investigate the effect of closed paths, especially generalized clustering coefficient C(p)C_{(p)} introduced in \cite{Toyota4}, on six degrees of separation. In this article, we analyze general qq-th degrees of separation by using the formalism developed by us. So we find that the scale free network with exponent γ=3\gamma=3 just display six degrees of separation. Furthermore we drive a phenomenological relation between the separation number qq and C(p)C_{(p)} that has crucial information on circle structures in networks.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1002.3431,
  title  = {$p$-th Clustering coefficients and $q$-$th$ degrees of separation based on String-Adjacent Formulation},
  author = {Norihito Toyota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3431},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures

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