Prime numbers and the first digit phenomenon

DOI10.1016/0022-314X(84)90061-1zbMath0549.10040MaRDI QIDQ800412

Daniel I. A. Cohen, Talbot M. Katz

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

prime numbersnatural densityBenford phenomenonfirst digit problemzeta density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Radix representation; digital problems (11A63) Normal numbers, radix expansions, Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, good lattice points, etc. (11K16) Primes (11A41)

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