Mathematical ideas in social structural analysisFootnote*

For helpful comments we are indebted to Ronald S. Burt, Karen E. Campbell, Thomas J. Fararo, Valerie Haines, David Knoke, and Eric Leifer. Address all correspondence to: Peter V. Marsden, Department of Sociology, Hamilton Hall 070A, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 27514.

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