A universal mechanism of extreme events and critical phenomena

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Abstract

The occurrence of extreme events and critical phenomena is of importance because they can have inquisitive scientific impact and profound socio-economic consequences. Here we show a universal mechanism describing extreme events along with critical phenomena and derive a general expression of the probability distribution without concerning the physical details of individual events or critical properties. The general probability distribution unifies most important distributions in the field and demonstrates improved performance. The shape and symmetry of the general distribution is determined by the parameters of the fluctuations. Our work sheds judicious insights into the dynamical processes of complex systems with practical significance and provides a general approach of studying extreme and critical episodes in a combined and multidisciplinary scheme.

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Wu, J. H., & Jia, Q. (2016). A universal mechanism of extreme events and critical phenomena. Scientific Reports, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21612

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