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The diamagnetic properties of such micronetworks are very sensitive to the topology and connectedness of the multiply connected structures, therefore they exhibit complex forms of phase diagrams when they are inmersed in a magnetic field. Of paramount importance for us are both the physical understanding and accurate quantitative prediction of the critical temperature of a given network since this quantity is of direct relevance to the many superconducting arrays experiments performed in several laboratories worldwide. Our results give a quantitative prediction of the critical temperature for complex networks. Furthermore, we have obtained the only analytical expressions for the phase boundary of complex networks which for the first time prove in a rigourous way the origin of its overall and fine structure. In all three chapters the emphasis has been made on analytical results. 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