On Benford's law

DOI10.1007/BF02481974MaRDI QIDQ760724zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Kenji Nagasaka

Publication date 1984

Published in Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Benford's lawBanach limitfirst digits of random numbersgeometrical sampling procedureslinear recurrence sampling procedurespolynomial sampling proceduresrandomly sampled integers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10) Normal numbers, radix expansions, Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, good lattice points, etc. (11K16)

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