Evangelical Friend, Sept./Oct., Nov./Dec. 1993 (Vol. 27, No. 1 & 2)

A Nature Nudge. By Gary K. Fawver, page 2Finding new ways to be present to God\u27s presence Using Sports as an Evangelistic Tool. By Greg Linville, page 6 If you build it - they will come. Listening for the Trumpet. By Walt Everly, page 10When Christmas comes to life Humanizing the Holy. By Darlene R. Graves, page 12Imagination and stories - ways to get inside the Bible How in the World Do We Tithe? By Betty M. Hockett, page 14Even chickens and rice become gifts to God. Regular FeaturesSpeaking the Truth, 4To the Point, 7Friends Read, 8Friends Write, 9Ponderings and Bustlings, 11A Certain Shaft of Light, 16What About Our Friends? 18https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/nwym_evangelical_friend/1258/thumbnail.jp

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The friendship paradox in scale-free networks

Our friends have more friends than we do. That is the basis of the friendship paradox. In mathematical terms, the mean number of friends of friends is higher than the mean number of friends. In the present study, we analyzed the relationship between the mean degree of vertices (individuals), , and the mean number of friends of friends, , in scale-free networks with degrees ranging from a minimum degree (k_min) to a maximum degree (k_max). We deduced an expression for - for scale-free networks following a power-law distribution with a given scaling parameter (alpha). Based on this expression, we can quantify how the degree distribution of a scale-free network affects the mean number of friends of friends.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure