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+
+#include "fracture.h"
+
+long double rand_dist_pow(const gsl_rng *r, double beta) {
+	long double x = 0;
+
+	// underflow means that for very small beta x is sometimes identically zero,
+	// which causes problems
+	while (x == 0.0) {
+		long double y = logl(gsl_rng_uniform_pos(r)) / beta;
+		x = expl(y);
+	}
+
+	return x;
+}