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The lack-of-preference law and the corresponding distributions in frequency probability theory

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We obtain two new distributions in frequency probability theory and demonstrate them, in particular, in the example of frequency dictionaries. One of these distributions gives a logarithmic correction to the Zipf-Mandelbrot law, and the other describes the “tails” of the distribution.

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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 80, no. 2, 2006, pp. 220–230.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2006 by V. P. Maslov.

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Maslov, V.P. The lack-of-preference law and the corresponding distributions in frequency probability theory. Math Notes 80, 214–223 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11006-006-0130-7

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