n-digit Benford distributed random variables

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Authors Azar N. Khosravani, Constantin Rasinariu

Publication date 16 April 2014

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.8036, http://www.pphmj.com/abstract/7887.htm

zbMATH Keywords

base-invarianceBenford's lawmod 1 maprandom variablesscale-invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of distribution modulo (1) (11K06) Well-distributed sequences and other variations (11K36) Probability distributions: general theory (60E05)

Abstract: The scope of this paper is twofold. First, to emphasize the use of the mod 1 map in exploring the digit distribution of random variables. We show that the well-known base- and scale-invariance of Benford variables are consequences of their associated mod 1 density functions being uniformly distributed. Second, to introduce a new concept of the $n$-digit Benford variable. Such a variable is Benford in the first $n$ digits, but it is not guaranteed to have a logarithmic distribution beyond the $n$-th digit. We conclude the paper by giving a general construction method for $n$-digit Benford variables, and provide a concrete example.

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