Prime numbers and the first digit phenomenon
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Prime numbers and the first digit phenomenon
zbMATH Open document ID: 0549.10040
DOI: 10.1016/0022-314X(84)90061-1
author: Daniel Cohen
author: Talbot M. Katz
published in: Journal of Number Theory
publication date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The first digit property (''Benford phenomenon'') is known to hold, in particular, for the sequence of primes. The authors show that this result remains valid if ordinary relative density is replaced by a much more general type of density which they define, including zeta density.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11K16
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11A41
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11A63
zbMATH DE Number: 3875404
zbMATH Keywords: first digit problem
zbMATH Keywords: prime numbers
zbMATH Keywords: natural density
zbMATH Keywords: Benford phenomenon
zbMATH Keywords: zeta density
reviewed by: Bodo Volkmann
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: An explanation of the first digit phenomenon
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3875404