BenfordsLaw.frink

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// Calculate probability that the nth digit of a number (with certain
// properties, like measurements of physical quantities that range over
// several orders of magnitude) is the digit d.
//
// This is generally known as "Benford's Law".

prob[n,d] :=
{
   if n == 1
      return log[1+1/d]
   
   sum = 0
   for k = 10^(n-2) to 10^(n-1) - 1
      sum = sum + log[1 + 1/(10k + d)]
   return sum
}


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