On the distribution of mantissae in nonautonomous difference equations

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 829-845

  Berger, A ^a   Siegmund, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benford's Law; Exponential dichotomy; Nonautonomous dynamical system; Shadowing; Uniform distribution mod 1 in d

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547220090     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: 15635120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190701388039     Document Type: Article

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