Scale-free networks, a controversial topic properly solved by extreme mathematics
April 3, 2020In 2016 a company calculated that the average number of followers in Twitter was about 707. Although this might already sound like a lot, it pales in comparison with the top Twitter users.
How the popular become even more popular
Some webpages are enormously popular, and many thousands of other webpages link to them. Yet, most webpages have only few,…
How uncertainty can make traffic run smoother
Making decisions that affect traffic can have an enormous impact on our daily lives, the environment and our economy. We…
Contest: How fast can you travel around the Netherlands?
The Netherlands is a small country, it has a total area of 33,893 square kilometers and is divided into twelve…
From the ateliers of great masters to the labs of the Rijksmuseum
Imagine that you are a young artist living in the 19th century. You study a lot and buy cheap paints…
NETWORKS goes to school 2020
It is almost time for the annual masterclass on network science organized by the NETWORKS program!
Google PageRank: how search engines `bring order to the Web'
A crucial innovation of Google was a mathematically quite simple but powerful algorithm called PageRank.
Attacking complex problems using preprocessing
A lot of services that we enjoy every day, for example commuting by train or ordering some product from a…
Mathematical rulers in Game of Thrones
The moment millions of fans have waited for is there: the finale of Game of Thrones. 75 characters in different…