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<div align=right> The New York Times>
<div align=right> The New York Times>
May 29 2009<r>
May 29 2009<br>


[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/?   
[http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/math-and-the-city/?   
Guest Column: Math and the City]<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.

The New York Times>

May 29 2009

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


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