[[Derek J. de Solla Price#Scientific contributions|Price's square root law]] is sometimes offered as a property of or as similar to the Pareto distribution. However, the law only holds in the case that <math>\alpha=1</math>. Note that in this case, the total and expected amount of wealth are not defined, and the rule only applies asymptotically to random samples. The extended Pareto Principle mentioned above is a far more general rule. | [[Derek J. de Solla Price#Scientific contributions|Price's square root law]] is sometimes offered as a property of or as similar to the Pareto distribution. However, the law only holds in the case that <math>\alpha=1</math>. Note that in this case, the total and expected amount of wealth are not defined, and the rule only applies asymptotically to random samples. The extended Pareto Principle mentioned above is a far more general rule. |