The problem studied is a classical one: in a very large sample of random positive real numbers, the frequency of the first significant digit is not the same for all 9 digits, but follows the so-called Benford Law, assessing a decreasing logarithmic value for the frequency. Many Authors have contributed to this problem, and here a support for the Benfor Law is given, considering the observed frequency as a limit of probabilities, and assuming some natural invariance conditions.
Some remarks on the first digit problem
CANDELORO, Domenico
1998
Abstract
The problem studied is a classical one: in a very large sample of random positive real numbers, the frequency of the first significant digit is not the same for all 9 digits, but follows the so-called Benford Law, assessing a decreasing logarithmic value for the frequency. Many Authors have contributed to this problem, and here a support for the Benfor Law is given, considering the observed frequency as a limit of probabilities, and assuming some natural invariance conditions.File in questo prodotto:
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