From Boltzmann to Zipf through Shannon and Jaynes
The word-frequency distribution provides the fundamental building blocks that generate discourse in natural language. It is well known, from empirical evidence, that the word-frequency distribution of almost any text is described by Zipf’s law, at least approximately. Following Stephens an...
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MDPI AG
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/2/179 |