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95.22 Benford's law and π

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Alberto Zorzi*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, San Giobbe-Cannaregio 873, 30123 Venezia, Italye-mail:albzorzi@unive.it

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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2012

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