On the Lorentzian shape and the information provided by an experimental plot
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 9 (7), 1069-1072
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/9/7/007
Abstract
The shape of an experimental curve is considered in the scheme of information theory. The present approach gives an explanation for the Lorentzian shape which is very commonly observed for physical systems.Keywords
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