Prime numbers and the first digit phenomenon (Q800412)
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Prime numbers and the first digit phenomenon (English)
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1984
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The first digit property (''Benford phenomenon'') is known to hold, in particular, for the sequence of primes. The authors show that this result remains valid if ordinary relative density is replaced by a much more general type of density which they define, including zeta density.
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first digit problem
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prime numbers
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natural density
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Benford phenomenon
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zeta density
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