The old saying about “strange bedfellows” was updated by a biology report that T cells and predatory animals share an unusual hunting pattern known as the Lévy walk.

Then I learned that corporate bond prices do the same, and explained these strange “walking” companions in “T Cells, Predators and Finances all Walk the Levy Walk“.

What is a Lévy Walk?

"Levy Flight showing Brownian Motion" image by Wikimedia Commons user PAR

As my Decoded Science article explains in more detail, a “Lévy walk” is a pattern of taking many short random steps in one location, then one giant leap to another location where short steps are taken again. It’s based on a mathematical probability distribution.

It’s a pattern used by hunters, from sharks to T Lymphocyte cells and even by bond traders looking for a profit.

My article provides links to the reference material, and explains more about the Lévy probability distribution, T cells, the person behind the math, and more.

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As always, I also mentioned this article in my Xanga blog (”3 Strangers Who Walk the Levy Walk”). My Blog of Writing includes, not one but two, related no-obligation writing tips in “Preview of the Levy Random Walk“.

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