Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 1347-4073
Print ISSN : 0031-9015
ISSN-L : 0031-9015
Universality of Zipf's Law
Kenji Kawamura, Naomichi Hatano
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Keywords: Zipf's law, universality, diffusion
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2002 Volume 71 Issue 5 Pages 1211-1213

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Abstract
We introduce a simple and generic model that reproduces Zipf's law. By regarding the time evolution of the model as a random walk in the logarithmic scale, we explain theoretically why this model reproduces Zipf's law. The explanation shows that the behavior of the model is very robust and universal.
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