On the non-existence of a general Benford's law

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Lolbert, Tamás ^a  

^a State Audit Office of Hungary   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Benford's law; Characteristic function; Mantissa; Numeral base

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949178946     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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