TY - JOUR
T1 - The multistep friendship paradox
AU - Kramer, Josh Brown
AU - Cutler, Jonathan
AU - Radcliffe, A. J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The friendship paradox, proved by Feld in 1991, states that "on average, your friends have more friends than you do." In fact, Feld proved two versions of the paradox. We discuss generalizations of each of them that talk about the average number of friends that, for instance, a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend has.
AB - The friendship paradox, proved by Feld in 1991, states that "on average, your friends have more friends than you do." In fact, Feld proved two versions of the paradox. We discuss generalizations of each of them that talk about the average number of friends that, for instance, a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend has.
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U2 - 10.4169/amer.math.monthly.123.9.900
DO - 10.4169/amer.math.monthly.123.9.900
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84994149351
SN - 0002-9890
VL - 123
SP - 900
EP - 908
JO - American Mathematical Monthly
JF - American Mathematical Monthly
IS - 9
ER -