Apparent universality of $1/f$ spectra as an artifact of finite-size effects

M. A. Korzeniowska, A. Theodorsen, M. Rypdal +1

Power spectral density scaling with frequency $f$ as $1/f^{\beta }$ and $\beta \approx 1$ is widely found in natural and socio-economic systems. Consequently, it has been suggested that such s…