Benford’s law
A number-theoretical perspective
Nicolò Cangiotti (Politecnico di Milano)
Mattia Sensi (TU Delft - Network Architectures and Services)
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Abstract
The historical journey of the Benford’s law and its most important definitions and properties are shortly reviewed. Firstly, we define a new class of numbers based on the first-digit law. Secondly, we investigate the relation between Benford’s sequence and normal numbers.