I thought the rise of power laws in physics is predominantly attributed to Kesten's law concerning multiplicative processes, e.g. https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat

I thought the rise of power laws in physics is predominantly attributed to Kesten's law concerning multiplicative processes, e.g. https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/9708231 https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/9708231