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May 29 2009<br>
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[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/?
[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/? em
Guest Column] <br>
Guest Column] <br>
Steven Strogatz.<br>
Steven Strogatz.<br>

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In other words, the population of a city is [according to Zipf's law], to a good approximation, inversely proportional to its rank [within its country]. Why this should be true, no one knows.

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May 29 2009

[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/? em Guest Column]
Steven Strogatz.


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