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zeta distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the zeta distribution is a discrete probability distribution. If X is a zeta-distributed random variable with parameter s, then the probability that X takes the integer value k is given by the probability mass function
${\\displaystyle f_{s}(k)=k^{-s}/\\zeta (s)\\,}$
where ζ(s) is the Riemann zeta function (which is undefined for s = 1). The multiplicities of distinct prime factors of X are independent random variables. The Riemann zeta function being the sum of all terms ${\\displaystyle k^{-s}}$ for positive integer k, it appears thus as the normalization of the Zipf distribution. The terms "Zipf distribution" and the "zeta distribution" are often used interchangeably. But while the Zeta distribution is a probability distribution by itself, it is not associated to the Zipf's law with same exponent.
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_distribution)

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