Some dynamical properties of Benford sequences

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-159

  Berger, Arno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benford sequence; Benford's law; Non autonomous dynamical system; Shadowing; Uniform distribution mod 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952966391     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: 15635120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236198.2010.549012     Document Type: Article

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