Power laws in physics
arXiv:2208.03365 · doi:10.1038/s42254-022-00491-x
Abstract
Getting the most from power-law-type data can be challenging. James Sethna points out some of the pitfalls in studying power laws arising from emergent scale invariance, as well as important opportunities.
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