The arrangement of cells in “random” networks☆

Abstract The relationship obtained by Aboav for the average number of sides of cells joining an n -sided cell is shown to be inconsistent with two models of “random” networks of broad applicability. The evidence suggests that the arrangement of cells in such a network depends not only on the geometrical properties of the network, but also on the physical properties of the systems generating it.

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