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Past exam of the mathematical and Computational Biology course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 D6 c Solution by
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The supplied adjacency matrix describes a four-vertex cycle graph, with every vertex degree equal to two. Degree-preserving edge rewiring is random, so it does not determine one unique labelled output adjacency matrix. For example, replace edges and by and , retaining and . This valid switch gives, in order ,Each row still sums to two. Under the simple graph convention, all allowed outputs have the same unlabelled four-cycle topology: there are three possible labelled four-cycles. A rejected switch or later return can also leave the original adjacency matrix.
It is not a scale-free network. Its degree distribution is concentrated entirely at degree two, with no power-law tail; degree-preserving edge rewiring cannot change that.
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