A basic theory of Benford's law
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Publication:431507
DOI10.1214/11-PS175zbMath1245.60016MaRDI QIDQ431507
Publication date: 28 June 2012
Published in: Probability Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ps/1311860830
difference equation; mixture of distributions; Benford's law; shadowing; uniform distribution mod 1; random probability measure; base-invariance; scale-invariance; significant digits; sum-invariance
60E05: Probability distributions: general theory
60-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory
60F15: Strong limit theorems
11K06: General theory of distribution modulo (1)
39A60: Applications of difference equations
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