Choose the correct alternative for a scale-free network with power-law exponent γ:
a) If γ is 2.5, the giant component is immune to node removal, even if nodes are removed in decreasing order of degree.
b) If γ is 4, the network remains connected until almost all nodes are removed at random.
c) If γ is exactly 4, there is a fraction of randomly removed nodes that will break the network apart.
d) If γ is 3.5, removing the highest-degree nodes first is no more damaging than removing nodes at random.
e) None of the above.
Funny, this question seems to be related to network robustness, next week's topic. I was expecting a question on degree correlations.
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