Best finite approximations of Benford's law
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Publication:2312784
DOI10.1007/s10959-018-0827-zzbMath1473.60008arXiv1803.10370OpenAlexW2964232227MaRDI QIDQ2312784
Publication date: 18 July 2019
Published in: Journal of Theoretical Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10370
Kolmogorov distanceprobability metricsBenford's lawbest uniform approximationLévy distanceKantorovich distanceasymptotically best approximation
Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Convergence of probability measures (60B10)
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