power_law_distribution_function

clustertools.util.recipes.power_law_distribution_function(n, alpha, xmin, xmax)

Generate points from a power-law distribution function

Parameters:

nint

number of points

alphafloat

power-law slope of distribution function

xmin,xmaxfloat

minimum and maximum values of distribution

Returns:

xfloat

array of values drawn from distribution