Power laws in physics
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Getting the most from power-law-type data can be challenging. James Sethna points out some of pitfalls in studying power laws arising emergent scale invariance, as well important opportunities.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Physics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2522-5820']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-022-00491-x