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Finding Scientific Gems with Google
P. Chen, H. Xie, S. Maslov +1
We apply the Google PageRank algorithm to assess the relative importance of all publications in the Physical Review family of journals from 1893--2003. While the Google number and…
Escape of a Uniform Random Walk from an Interval
T. Antal, S. Redner
We study the first-passage properties of a random walk in the unit interval in which the length of a single step is uniformly distributed over the finite range [-a,a]. For a of the…
What is the most competitive sport?
E. Ben-Naim, F. Vazquez, S. Redner
We present an extensive statistical analysis of the results of all sports competitions in five major sports leagues in England and the United States. We characterize the parity amo…
On the Role of Global Warming on the Statistics of Record-Breaking Temperatures
S. Redner, Mark R. Petersen
We theoretically study long-term trends in the statistics of record-breaking daily temperatures and validate these predictions using Monte Carlo simulations and data from the city…