ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The relation is as follows. If we suppose that φ(v) is a distribution function giving the number of words in a given vocabulary occurring Tv times in a given text of T words, φ (v) = a/v2 where a is a constant, is found to be approximately true. This relation was pointed out by Zipf1 and has been ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/1781308a0