Abstract
We show that the use of the recently proposed thermostatistics based on the generalized entropic form (where , with corresponding to the Boltzmann-Gibbs-Shannon entropy ), together with the Lévy-Gnedenko generalization of the central limit theorem, provide a basic step towards the understanding of why Lévy distributions are ubiquitous in nature. A consistent experimental verification is proposed.
- Received 12 June 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3589
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