We go right down the rabbit hole with limited imitation contagion and chaotic dynamics on fixed networks with deterministic up-down response functions. Really a long, long way down and it gets pretty weird. We then take a rampaging tour of generalized contagion showing how disease-like and simple social contagion models can be seen as part of a larger model. Lots of fun math leads to a triumphant conclusion that three basic universality classes exist for spreading dynamics starting from a small seed. Phew.

A real space hedonometer tests out some books, the long lives of untruths, the Barkley Marathon, the mystery of uneven death rates throughout the year.

Notes from office hours:
part 1 and part 2.

2016/04/28

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