The Multistep Friendship Paradox

Authors

Josh Brown Kramer, Nebraska Global
Jonathan Cutler, Montclair State UniversityFollow
A. J. Radcliffe, University of Nebraska

Document Type

Review Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.4169/amer.math.monthly.123.9.900

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Kramer, Josh Brown; Cutler, Jonathan; and Radcliffe, A. J., "The Multistep Friendship Paradox" (2016). Department of Mathematics Facuty Scholarship and Creative Works. 176.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/mathsci-facpubs/176