Based on a talk in prague, 20 nov 96
Rev. 1.0 of 11 dec 96
To appear.

Webometry

chronotopography of the World Wide Web

by

Ralph H. Abraham, abraham@vismath.org
Visual Math Institute, http://www.vismath.org
POB 7920, Santa Cruz, CA, USA-95061-7920

and

Don Foresta, foresta@cnam.fr
Electronic Language Laboratory
Paris, France

Abstract.

This is the third progress report on the webometry project: acquisition of data regarding the density of links on the WWW. Here we discuss the mapping from geography to chronotopography of the web as a basis for the complexity and simplexity of cyberspace.

CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
  2. Webometry
  3. The fractal cybersociosphere
  4. Chronotopography of the Web
  5. Strategies for mapping the isochrons from one point
  6. Conclusion Acknowledgments
    Bibliography