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Languages cool as they expand: Allometric scaling and the decreasing need for new words
Alexander M. Petersen, Joel N. Tenenbaum, Shlomo Havlin +2
We analyze the occurrence frequencies of over 15 million words recorded in millions of books published during the past two centuries in seven different languages. For all languages…
Cascading Failures in Bi-partite Graphs: Model for Systemic Risk Propagation
Xuqing Huang, Irena Vodenska, Shlomo Havlin +1
As economic entities become increasingly interconnected, a shock in a financial network can provoke significant cascading failures throughout the system. To study the systemic risk…
The competitiveness versus the wealth of a country
Boris Podobnik, Davor Horvatic, Dror Y. Kenett +1
Politicians world-wide frequently promise a better life for their citizens. We find that the probability that a country will increase its {\it per capita} GDP ({\it gdp}) rank with…