Omori Law
The Omori law is a geophysical law discovered by Fusakichi Ōmori in 1894 , according to which pre- and aftershocks are temporally distributed around a main tremor according to a power distribution.
For foreshocks the law reads , specifying the number of foreshocks and the time of the main tremor. is an exponent .
For aftershocks, the law reads , specifying the number of aftershocks and the time of the main quake. is an exponent .
During the financial crisis of 2008/2009, individual mathematicians tried to predict the course of stock market prices according to the Omori law.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.wissenschaft-online.de/artikel/830309 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.luchsinger-mathematics.ch/nzznormal.pdf Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 3, 2008
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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