On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Jud McCranie wrote:
>
> At 11:55 AM 7/12/99 -0400, Chip Lynch wrote:
> >I'm not sure what the law of leading digits is, but I read this as talking
> >only about base 10 numbers... so the leading digit 1 is compared to
> >leading digit 2, 3, 4, ..., 9. Right? So for numbers 2^n (in Base 10),
> >[or is it 2^p?] there are a lot more leading ones than one would "expect"
> >naievely (you would expect 1/9 to start with "1", I imagine).
> >
> >Why this is, I have no idea... can someone explain?
>
>
> It is also known as Benford's law and the First Digit law. You can read
> about it at Eric's Treasure Trove of Math (seems to be down right now or
> I'd give the URL). It would take me a few paragraphs to explain, but I'll
> do it if you can't find it elsewhere.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/
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