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The Surprising Accuracy of Benford’s Law in Mathematics

Zhaodong CaiDepartment of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, David Rittenhouse Lab, 209 South 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA19104, USA; View further author information
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Matthew FaustDepartment of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, Mailstop 3368, College Station, TX77843, USA; View further author information
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A. J. HildebrandDepartment of Mathematics, University of Illinois, 1409 W. Green St., Urbana, IL61801, USA; Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Junxian LiMax Planck Institute for Mathematics, Vivatsgasse 7, 53111Bonn, Germany; View further author information
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Yuan ZhangDepartment of Mathematics, University of Virginia, 141 Cabell Dr., Kerchof Hall, Charlottesville, VA22904, USAView further author information
Pages 217-237 | Received 08 Jun 2018, Accepted 13 Jul 2019, Published online: 24 Feb 2020

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