TURNING A PROFIT FROM MATHEMATICS: THE CASE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS.

The article presents a discussion on the relationship between mathematics and social networks analysis. The latter is recognized as one of the fastest growing specialties in social science. Social networks analysis is based on traditions of different branches of subjects including anthropology, communications science, human geography, and information science. Mathematics has proved to be successful in research work in all the fields particularly physics. The subject focuses on the abstract structure or form of an argument. There are number of mathematicians who are well acquainted with the social networks area. There are several social scientists who are working in the networks area who know mathematics well.