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Per Bak: Works & Products

Per Bak (8 December 1948 – 16 October 2002) was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."

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Per Bak topic overview

The analysis highlights Works and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Per Bak.

Related topics
26
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
29
Extracted relationships
12
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
29

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Life and work · 18 topics
Selected publications · 5 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Known for
Self-organized criticality Bak–Sneppen model Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile
Alma mater
Technical University of Denmark Risø National Laboratory
Born
(1948-12-08)8 December 1948 Brønderslev, Denmark
Died
16 October 2002(2002-10-16) (aged 53) Copenhagen, Denmark
Fields
Physicist
Workplaces
Brookhaven National Laboratory University of Copenhagen Santa Fe Institute Niels Bohr Institute Imperial College London

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Overview

Life and work

Selected publications

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Per Bak connects Entity context

The extracted context around Per Bak shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Per Bak → Jensen, Mogens Høgh, Nature, November, PMID, S2CID Another extracted example is Per Bak → Technical University of Denmark Risø National Laboratory. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Per Bak

Top relations

related to References · 6
Per Bak → Jensen, Mogens Høgh, Nature, November, PMID, S2CID
Alma mater · 1
Per Bak → Technical University of Denmark Risø National Laboratory
Born · 1
Per Bak → (1948-12-08)8 December 1948 Brønderslev, Denmark
Died · 1
Per Bak → 16 October 2002(2002-10-16) (aged 53) Copenhagen, Denmark
Fields · 1
Per Bak → Physicist
Known for · 1
Per Bak → Self-organized criticality Bak–Sneppen model Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile
Workplaces · 1
Per Bak → Brookhaven National Laboratory University of Copenhagen Santa Fe Institute Niels Bohr Institute Imperial College London

Important terminology

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Important terminology

bak self-organized criticality doi 10 per physicist university 2002 1987 national laboratory model tang wiesenfeld brookhaven nature physics 59 december

Per Bak relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 12 structured relationships around Per Bak. Examples in this analysis include Per Bak → Alma mater → Technical University of Denmark Risø National Laboratory and Per Bak → Born → (1948-12-08)8 December 1948 Brønderslev, Denmark. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Per BakAlma materTechnical University of Denmark Risø National Laboratory1.00infobox
Per BakBorn(1948-12-08)8 December 1948 Brønderslev, Denmark1.00infobox
Per BakDied16 October 2002(2002-10-16) (aged 53) Copenhagen, Denmark1.00infobox
Per BakFieldsPhysicist1.00infobox
Per BakKnown forSelf-organized criticality Bak–Sneppen model Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile1.00infobox
Per BakWorkplacesBrookhaven National Laboratory University of Copenhagen Santa Fe Institute Niels Bohr Institute Imperial College London1.00infobox
Per Bakrelated to ReferencesJensen0.60section
Per Bakrelated to ReferencesMogens Høgh0.60section
Per Bakrelated to ReferencesNovember0.60section
Per Bakrelated to ReferencesNature0.60section
Per Bakrelated to ReferencesPMID0.60section
Per Bakrelated to ReferencesS2CID0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Per Bak bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Per, Tang and Wiesenfeld. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Wiesenfeld
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    • Citeseerx
    • Denmark
    • Technical
    • University
    • Bohr
    • Brookhaven
  • per bak
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    • Tang
    • Wiesenfeld
    • Bohr
    • Brookhaven
    • Coauthored
    • College
    • Copenhagen
    • Criticality
    • December
    • Died
    • Fe
  • danish
    • Denmark
    • Technical
    • Bohr
    • Brookhaven
    • Coauthored
    • College
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    • December
    • Died
    • Fe
    • Imperial
    • Institute
  • self-organized criticality
    • Self-organized
    • Tang
    • Wiesenfeld
    • Chao
    • Kurt
    • Sandpile
    • Model
    • Per
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    • Danish
    • Denmark
    • Technical
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    • College
    • Copenhagen
    • Fe
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    • Institute
    • Laboratory
    • London
    • National
    • Niels
    • Santa
  • kurt wiesenfeld
    • Tang
    • Chao
    • Kurt
    • Wiesenfeld
    • Criticality
    • Self-organized
    • Citeseerx
    • Per
    • Danish
    • Denmark
    • Technical
    • Bak
  • niels bohr institute
    • Bohr
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    • College
    • Copenhagen
    • Fe
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  • imperial college london
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    • Fe
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    • Institute
    • Laboratory
    • London
    • National
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Per Bak, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Per Bak with Life and work. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Per BakLife and work · splits 11 ⟂ 19
Per BakSelected publications · splits 24 ⟂ 6
Per BakOverview · splits 26 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Per Bak

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples12
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Per Bak to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Per Bak · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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