Universal Complex Structures in Written Language
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چکیده
Álvaro Corral1, Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho2 & Albert Dı́az-Guilera3 1Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Edifici Cc, Campus Bellaterra, E-08193 Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain. 2Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informatics, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain. 3Departament de Fisica Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franques 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. (Dated: January 19, 2009)
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/0901.2924 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009