Finite-state Markov Chains Obey Benford’s Law

DOI10.1137/100789890zbMath1241.11078arXiv1003.0562OpenAlexW2150327219MaRDI QIDQ3112388

Ad Ridder, Arno Berger, Theodore P. Hill, Bahar Kaynar

Publication date: 16 January 2012

Published in: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.0562

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chainstationary distributionBenford's lawuniform distribution modulo 1significant digitsn-step transition probabilitiessignificand

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods in Markov chains (60J22) Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains (65C40) Stochastic matrices (15B51) Distribution modulo one (11J71)

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