2 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
Friendship-paradox paradox: Do most people's friends really have more friends than they do?
Sang Hoon Lee
The classical friendship paradox asserts that, on average, an individual's neighbors have a higher degree than the individual. This statement concerns network-level means and does…
physics.soc-ph2025
Two variants of the friendship paradox: The condition for inequality between them
Sang Hoon Lee
The friendship paradox -- the observation that, on average, one's friends have more friends than oneself -- admits two common formulations depending on whether averaging is perform…