Regular sets and conditional density: An extension of Benford’s law

Colloquium Mathematicum

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-192

  Giuliano Antonini, Rita ^a   Grekos, Georges ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic density; Benford s law; Conditional density; First digit problem; Logarithmic density; Regular set; Regularly varying function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859019829     PISSN: 00101354     EISSN: 17306302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4064/cm103-2-3     Document Type: Article

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