Talk:Gutenberg–Richter law

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"The a-value is of less scientific interest and simply indicates the total seismicity rate of the region." Wouldn't that value be of rather great scientific (not to mention practical) interest? 87.194.103.251 (talk) 17:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship to entropy[edit]

@Soopdish: int 1/E dE is equal to log_eE, not log₁₀E. Also, the term log₁₀T in your last equation cancels out as it is equal to a. SpinningSpark 18:38, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]