Benford's law, a growth industry

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.118.07.571zbMATH Open1225.00007OpenAlexW2407740369WikidataQ58120810 ScholiaQ58120810MaRDI QIDQ3174571FDOQ3174571

Authors Kenneth A. Ross

Publication date 17 October 2011

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.118.07.571

zbMATH Keywords

Benford's lawfirst digit phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irregularities of distribution, discrepancy (11K38) Normal numbers, radix expansions, Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, good lattice points, etc. (11K16) Mathematics for nonmathematicians (engineering, social sciences, etc.) (00A06)

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