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In this paper, the special place of Zipf's law and Pareto's law amongst other classical informetric laws (such as Bradford's graphical and verbal law, Weber-Fechner's or Brookes', Leimkuhler's and Mandelbrot's) is revealed and explained. Equivalencies amongst some of these laws are proved. We also determine the conditions under which Bradford's graphical law is a special case of Bradford's verbal law.
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Egghe, L. The exact place of Zipf's and Pareto's law amongst the classical informetric laws. Scientometrics 20, 93–106 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018147
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