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Kanemitsu, S., Nagasaka, K., Rauzy, G., Shiue, JS. (1988). On Benford's law: The first digit problem. In: Watanabe, S., Prokhorov, J.V. (eds) Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1299. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078471
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