On the non-existence of a general Benford's law (Q2427203)
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On the non-existence of a general Benford's law (English)
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8 May 2008
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Benford's law states that in arbitrary collected ensemble of (real world) data certain digits appear more often as leading digits than others. More formally the mantissae follow a logarithmic distribution accordingly to the base representation that is chosen. In these short communication the author shows by a simple contradiction that if there was probability measure such that fulfills Benford's law simultaniously for an unbounded number of bases this leads to a contradiction.
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Benford's law
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leading digit distribution
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mantissae
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logarithmic distribution
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