Finite-state Markov Chains Obey Benford’s Law
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Publication:3112388
DOI10.1137/100789890zbMath1241.11078arXiv1003.0562MaRDI QIDQ3112388
Ad Ridder, Arno Berger, Theodore P. Hill, Bahar Kaynar
Publication date: 16 January 2012
Published in: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.0562
Markov chain; stationary distribution; Benford's law; uniform distribution modulo 1; significant digits; n-step transition probabilities; significand
60J22: Computational methods in Markov chains
65C40: Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains
15B51: Stochastic matrices
11J71: Distribution modulo one
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