Power laws govern relationships between system components from "summary" of Complexity by Mitchell M. Waldrop
Power laws are a common feature of complex systems, governing relationships between their components. These laws describe how the frequency of an event varies as a function of some attribute of that event. In other words, they provide a mathematical description of the way in which different components of a system interact with each other. This concept is crucial in understanding the behavior of complex systems because it highlights the importance of certain components over others. Power laws reveal that a small number of elements in a system have a much greater impact than the majority of elements. This leads to the emergence of patterns and structures that are not immediately obvious when looking at individua...
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