https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_0604130/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17640827urn:hackerpapers:mention:physics_0604130:17640827Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:57:21 GMT<p>While I agree with you, I would not have chosen PageRank as a comparison. I cannot think of another domain where it made billions, but to me it is a pretty neat way of extracting information inside a graph. It just needs a concept that has transitive properties in order to shine. For web pages, the transitive part is that a high quality page is more likely to mention another high quality page. It uses the indifference one might have about a lower quality page, it uses the author&#x27;s implicit contract with the reader that he should be showing (and linking to) high quality content. It builds on…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_0604130/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.data-anhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=452242urn:hackerpapers:mention:physics_0604130:452242Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:47:28 GMT<p>I&#x27;m surprised they have just now noticed this. Redner&#x27;s and Maslov&#x27;s papers have been making the rounds in academia for at least two or three years. http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612122 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604130</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_0604130/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.data-an