Power-law distribution is used to model the distribution of variables describing complex system in which individuals interact with each other.It is one of the most important distributions in probability theory,but it is rarely introduced in detail in the teaching of probability theory.This article discuss in detail the definition of power-law distribution and illustrates the common power-law distribu-tions by analyzing several interesting real datasets through R software.Some suggestions on relevant teaching content and teaching methods are addressed.
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