@article{327528c6cfea4dbd838254584ad3e7b2,
title = "All scale-free networks are sparse",
abstract = "We study the realizability of scale free-networks with a given degree sequence, showing that the fraction of realizable sequences undergoes two first-order transitions at the values 0 and 2 of the power-law exponent. We substantiate this finding by analytical reasoning and by a numerical method, proposed here, based on extreme value arguments, which can be applied to any given degree distribution. Our results reveal a fundamental reason why large scale-free networks without constraints on minimum and maximum degree must be sparse.",
author = "{del Genio}, Charo and Thilo Gross and Kevin Bassler",
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year = "2011",
month = oct,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.178701",
language = "English",
volume = "107",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
}