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

Figure 5. Sharp transitions at the core organization of social networks.

Figure 5

The value at Inline graphic belongs to the composition of the society at the time period under study. On top a) we have the nation composition of the Inline graphic-core and c) the Inline graphic-core as a function of Inline graphic for the Inline graphic network corresponding to the period 796–856. At the bottom b) we have the nation composition of the Inline graphic-core and (d) the Inline graphic-core in terms of Inline graphic for the Inline graphic network corresponding to the period 1140-1200. Colours depict the different nations. As long as Inline graphic increases, the composition of the cores in terms of nationalities is more or less stationary, with values close to the ones we find in the whole system. At certain Inline graphic -right after the characteristic Inline graphic- an abrupt change is observed a) for the and Inline graphic), and the composition of the cores becomes uniformly populated by only one nation. The same phenomenon is observed when looking at the Inline graphic-core decomposition sequence, although less pronounced. Notice that the deep Inline graphic-cores isolated the same nation cluster in both periods (the ‘red’ nation), whereas the Inline graphic-cores didn't.