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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…
The Simplest Piston Problem II: Inelastic Collisions
P. I. Hurtado, S. Redner
We study the dynamics of three particles in a finite interval, in which two light particles are separated by a heavy ``piston'', with elastic collisions between particles but inela…
Dynamics of Social Balance on Networks
T. Antal, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner
We study the evolution of social networks that contain both friendly and unfriendly pairwise links between individual nodes. The network is endowed with dynamics in which the sense…
Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review
S. Redner
Publicly available data reveal long-term systematic features about citation statistics and how papers are referenced. The data also tell fascinating citation histories of individua…