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| Started by | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2015-11-28 15:43 -0600 |
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Review | Zipf's law Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 15:43 -0600
Re: Review | Zipf's law jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-28 23:11 +0000
| From | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-11-28 15:43 -0600 |
| Subject | Review | Zipf's law |
| Message-ID | <r8ydnX3a-ZCfvcfLnZ2dnUU7-W-dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
Zipf's law > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law > Zipf's law, an empirical law formulated using mathematical > statistics, refers to the fact that many types of data studied in the > physical and social sciences can be approximated with a Zipfian > distribution, one of a family of related discrete power law > probability distributions. The law is named after the American > linguist George Kingsley Zipf (1902–1950), who popularized it and > sought to explain it (Zipf 1935, 1949), though he did not claim to > have originated it.[1] The French stenographer Jean-Baptiste Estoup > (1868–1950) appears to have noticed the regularity before Zipf.[2] It > was also noted in 1913 by German physicist Felix Auerbach[3] > (1856–1933). -- sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of physics, news from the physics community, and physics-related social issues.
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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
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| Date | 2015-11-28 23:11 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <7topic-5al.ln1@mail.specsol.com> |
| In reply to | #536165 |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > Zipf's law >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law > >> Zipf's law, an empirical law formulated using mathematical >> statistics, refers to the fact that many types of data studied in the >> physical and social sciences can be approximated with a Zipfian >> distribution, one of a family of related discrete power law >> probability distributions. The law is named after the American >> linguist George Kingsley Zipf (1902?1950), who popularized it and >> sought to explain it (Zipf 1935, 1949), though he did not claim to >> have originated it.[1] The French stenographer Jean-Baptiste Estoup >> (1868?1950) appears to have noticed the regularity before Zipf.[2] It >> was also noted in 1913 by German physicist Felix Auerbach[3] >> (1856?1933). Yawn. -- Jim Pennino
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