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Power laws in physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2022-08-09 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Getting the most from power-law-type data can be challenging. James Sethna points out some of the pitfalls in studying power laws arising from emergent scale invariance, as well as important opportunities.

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@article{arxiv.2208.03365,
  title  = {Power laws in physics},
  author = {James P. Sethna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03365},
  year   = {2022}
}
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