@pholme@datasci.social The Bollobas and Riordan text cites Broadbent and Hammersley (1956), where Broadbent at the time worked at "United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd", so the study of porous material really does seem to be the original motivator, but unclear to me if any of the theory every found use in material science.
Johan Ugander
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Associate Professor, Stanford MS&E. Social networks, social and behavioral data. Occasionally disappear into the mountains.
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Johan Ugander
@jugander@sigmoid.social
Associate Professor, Stanford MS&E. Social networks, social and behavioral data. Occasionally disappear into the mountains.
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