power law

ریشه

The term 'power law' combines the words 'power,' denoting an exponent, and 'law,' referring to a mathematical relationship. It originated in the late 19th century with the development of mathematical modeling.

مثال

• The distribution of wealth often follows a power law, with a small percentage of the population holding the majority of the wealth.
• In physics, power laws describe phenomena such as the behavior of earthquakes and the size distribution of particles.
• The power law relationship between population size and city rank is known as Zipf's law.