English Dictionary

Benford's law

name

A law concerning the frequency distribution of digits in much real-world data, where the number 1 occurs as the leading digit about 30% of the time, and the expected distribution for digits beyond the first approaches a uniform distribution.

Benford's law is a mathematical principle that states that in many naturally occurring collections of numbers, the leading digit is likely to be small.

意味（1）

A law concerning the frequency distribution of digits in much real-world data, where the number 1 occurs as the leading digit about 30% of the time, and the expected distribution for digits beyond the first approaches a uniform distribution.