20/10 



STABILITY 



iOOt 



50- 



2 3 



NUMBER OF VARIABLES 



Figure 20/1Q/1. 



units was increased. The results are given in Figure 20/10/1, 

 in which each triple lies on one line. 



These results prove little; but they suggest that the proba- 

 bility of stability is small in large systems assembled at random. 

 It seems, therefore, that large linear systems should be assumed 

 to be unstable unless evidence to the contrary is produced. 



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