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Article Dans Une Revue The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Année : 2014

Poisson statistics of PageRank probabilities of Twitter and Wikipedia networks

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We use the methods of quantum chaos and Random Matrix Theory for analysis of statistical fluctuations of PageRank probabilities in directed networks. In this approach the effective energy levels are given by a logarithm of PageRank probability at a given node. After the standard energy level unfolding procedure we establish that the nearest spacing distribution of PageRank probabilities is described by the Poisson law typical for integrable quantum systems. Our studies are done for the Twitter network and three networks of Wikipedia editions in English, French and German. We argue that due to absence of level repulsion the PageRank order of nearby nodes can be easily interchanged. The obtained Poisson law implies that the nearby PageRank probabilities fluctuate as random independent variables.

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hal-00959831 , version 1 (17-03-2014)

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Klaus M. Frahm, Dima Shepelyansky. Poisson statistics of PageRank probabilities of Twitter and Wikipedia networks. The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2014, 87, pp.93. ⟨10.1140/epjb/e2014-50123-4⟩. ⟨hal-00959831⟩
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