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<blockquote>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. </blockquote>
<blockquote>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. </blockquote>


[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/?  Steven Strogatz.]
<div align=right>by Dick Morris in &quot;The Hill&quot;<br>
3 March 2009 <br>
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<div align=right[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/?  Steven Strogatz.]</div align=right>


   
   

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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.

by Dick Morris in "The Hill"

3 March 2009

<div align=rightSteven Strogatz.


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