An explanation of the first digit phenomenon

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(76)90032-7zbMath0336.10052OpenAlexW2029957918MaRDI QIDQ1230074

Daniel I. A. Cohen

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(76)90032-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random number generation in numerical analysis (65C10) Special sequences and polynomials (11B83) Radix representation; digital problems (11A63)

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Cites Work

• On the Distribution of First Significant Digits
• On the Probability that a Random Integer has Initial Digit A
• On the Distribution of First Significant Figures
• On the Distribution of Numbers
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