Question: Suppose we run the rich - get - richer process ( p . 5 4 7 ) to produce a graph on four nodes, with

Suppose we run the rich-get-richer process (p.547) to produce a graph on four nodes, with the nodes arriving in the order 1,2,3,4,5. For nodes 2,3,4, and 5 the probability of choosing a node to link to uniformly at random is p =1/4 and the probability of choosing an earlier node and copying their decision is 1-p =3/4. Each of nodes 2,3,4, and 5 creates one outgoing link. We will assume in this process that if a node chooses to copy the decision of node 1, then this just means linking to node 1. What is the probability that, after the process completes, node 1 has all four incoming links, i.e, that nodes 2,3,4, and 5 all link to node 1?

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