Paper Applies Statistical Mechanics to Literature: Word Frequencies Behave Like Thermalized Gas

An arXiv paper analyzing 16 literary works with statistical mechanics finds that word frequency distributions follow Rayleigh-Jeans thermalization patterns akin to an ideal gas, suggesting words interact like particles in thermal equilibrium.

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