Statistical-Mechanical Foundation of the Ubiquity of Lévy Distributions in Nature

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DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3589zbMath1020.82593WikidataQ74562157 ScholiaQ74562157MaRDI QIDQ4492269

Silvio V. F. Levy, Roger Maynard, Constantino Tsallis, Andre M. C. Souza

Publication date: 16 July 2000

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)




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