One-dimensional dynamical systems and Benford's law

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 197-219

  Berger, Arno ^a   Bunimovich, Leonid A ^b   Hill, Theodore P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractor; Benford's law; Dynamical systems; Uniform distribution mod 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744263576     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-04-03455-5     Document Type: Article

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