A sparse, locally tree-like configuration-model contact network has half its nodes of…

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Many Parts, One Behaviour, Ch Epidemics on networks

Problem

A sparse, locally tree-like configuration-model contact network has half its nodes of degree 22 and half of degree 1010. Find its epidemic (bond-percolation) threshold TcT_{\rm c}, the transmissibility above which a large outbreak can occur.

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