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How valid is Zipf's law?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:29 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
Has to do with the frequency of words in a text.

PhilX

Re: How valid is Zipf's law?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:54 pm
by Dalek Prime
What? No quick explanatory link?

Re: How valid is Zipf's law?

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:07 am
by Philosophy Explorer
Dalek Prime wrote:What? No quick explanatory link?
It's not quick, but it'll do:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law

PhilX

Re: How valid is Zipf's law?

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:16 am
by Dalek Prime
Yeah, I'll pass lol!

Re: How valid is Zipf's law?

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:19 pm
by attofishpi
I quite like vsauce, here he is on the subject.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCn8zs912OE