Benford's law strikes back: no simple explanation in sight for mathematical gem

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9182-3zbMATH Open1221.60010OpenAlexW1975408436MaRDI QIDQ536612FDOQ536612

Authors Arno Berger, Theodore P. Hill

Publication date 19 May 2011

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1074&context=rgp_rsr

zbMATH Keywords

Benford's law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Distributions and stochastic processes (educational aspects) (97K60)

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