Intuitive considerations clarifying the origin and applicability of the Benford law
The diverse applications of the Benford law attract investigators working in various fields of physics, biology and sociology. At the same time, the groundings of the Benford law remain obscure. Our paper demonstrates that the Benford law arises from the positional (place-value) notation accepted fo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Results in Physics |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379715000728 |