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'''Degree distribution''' is the probability distribution of the number of connections — the degree — held by nodes in a [[Network Theory|network]]. It is the most fundamental macroscopic property of a network's topology, and it determines whether the network resembles a regular lattice, a random graph, or a hub-dominated system. Networks with heavy-tailed degree distributions, where a small number of nodes hold a large fraction of all connections, behave qualitatively differently from networks with concentrated or uniform distributions: they are robust to random failure but vulnerable to targeted attack, and they amplify cascades rather than damping them.

The study of degree distributions became central to [[Network Science|network science]] after the claim that many real-world networks follow [[Power Law|power laws]]. Subsequent reanalysis has shown that this claim was often premature — many claimed power-law networks are better described by lognormal or stretched-exponential distributions. The field's early confidence outran its statistical rigor, and the degree distribution remains a test case for how easily beautiful stories displace careful measurement.

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