Theory 046/Networks & Telecommunications
Mesh Resilience Is Articulation
The claim
Mesh network resilience is set by the number of articulation points rather than by node count or redundancy.
01The mechanism
An articulation point is a single node whose loss disconnects the graph; redundancy elsewhere does not compensate.
02Predictions
- P1Outage risk should track articulation count.
- P2Adding redundant edges away from articulations should not help.
03Refutation
Resilience tracking redundancy would remove the structural term.