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physics.soc-ph2008★ 127 cited
Superlinear Scaling for Innovation in Cities
Samuel Arbesman, Jon M. Kleinberg, Steven H. Strogatz
Superlinear scaling in cities, which appears in sociological quantities such as economic productivity and creative output relative to urban population size, has been observed but n…
physics.pop-ph2008★ 5 cited
A Monte Carlo Approach to Joe DiMaggio and Streaks in Baseball
S. Arbesman, S. H. Strogatz
We examine Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and look at its likelihood, using a number of simple models. And it turns out that, contrary to many people's expectations, an extr…