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. 2014 Dec 26;9(12):e112606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112606

Figure 3. National elites define topological communities at deep levels.

Figure 3

The composition of the Inline graphic-core in terms of nations reveals that the multiplex system is organised around the elites of the three existing nations, whose members are depicted with different colours (see text for the use of colours). We have a) the characteristic Inline graphic for Inline graphic, where we find that the Inline graphic-critical level is located at Inline graphic b) after the application of the Inline graphic-core (Inline graphic), three components appear isolated, to be identified as the three communities composing the Inline graphic-core. Such communities are almost uniformly populated by members of the same nation. In c) we have the deepest Inline graphic-core, which contains members of only one nation. Interestingly, the composition of the deepest Inline graphic-core of the Inline graphic, Inline graphic, d), is absolutely different from the composition of the deepest Inline graphic-core of the same net, located at Inline graphic, showing interesting qualitative differences between these two approaches of core extraction. All pictures belong to the period 1140–1200.