Phys.org January 10, 2019
An international team of researchers (Italy, the Netherlands, UK) provides a common frame in which one tool can be applied to both network reconstruction and pattern detection, and even to fundamental aspects of statistical physics. They have found that in some cases, networks behave as an intermediate between Fermi-Dirac systems, where particles cannot be in the same state, and Bose-Einstein systems, where no such restriction is in place. More recently they identified a new mechanism responsible for the breaking of a century-old assumption in statistical physics—namely, the equivalence of canonical and microcanonical ensembles, which are traditionally used to describe systems under respectively soft and hard constraints…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
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