Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 64, Issue 2, February 1, 2017, pages 132-134.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1090/noti1477.
Abstract
Benford’s law quantifies the surprising fact that in many datasets, such as populations of counties, numbers on the World Wide Web, or incomes and expenses on tax returns, the numbers are much more likely to start with small digits like 1 or 2 than with large digits like 8 or 9. The law actually provides a specific probability distribution on the (significant) digits, telling exactly how likely each sequence of digits is.
Copyright
2017 Arno Berger & Theodore P. Hill
Number of Pages
3
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/rgp_rsr/96