Articles

These articles are a random selection of write-ups I've done usually with the aim of helping me understand a new topic. With any luck they may even be useful to innocent bystanders.

Mesh Muddling Madness

Mesh Muddling Madness Small-World Super-Computers

The theory of six degrees of separation is the idea that any living person is only six introductions away. In other words, the graph with nodes being people and edges being their friendships has a very low maximum-shortest-path-length (or diameter) compared to the number of nodes. Networks such as these are known as 'small-world networks' and this article explores what properties a super-computer wired up in this manner might have.