8enford's |aw

repared by Mussakanova MeruerL

8enford's |aw
W I|rstd|g|t |aw
W n lsLs of numbers from many (buL noL all)
reallfe sources of daLa Lhe leadng dgL s
dsLrbuLed n a specfc nonunform way
8enford's |aw
W occurs as leadng dgL abouL 30 of Lhe
Lme
W larger dgLs occur wLh lower and lower
frequency
W 9 occurs as leadng dgL less Lhan 3 of Lhe
Lme
W (electtlclty bllls stteet oJJtesses stock ptlces popolotloo
oombets leoqtbs of tlvets)
sLory
W Smon newcomb
(metlcoo osttooomet)
W
W ogarLhm Lables
W (n) log(- + ) - log(-)
sLory
W 8edscovered by
lrank 8enford (pbyslclst)
W 93
W (d) probablLy of occurrng d as leadng dgL
(J 9)
pplcaLon
W lraud deLecLon