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minus-squarespaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoDoes anybody know if this is a feature of a decimal system?
minus-squareBolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoI think it’s a feature of all positional notation systems.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThe distribution shown in this post is for base 10, but Benford’s Law includes distributions for other bases too. The wiki article linked in another comment goes into detail on that too.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIf you were in Base 12 or something it would still lean towards 1 but the percentage would be a little different.
Does anybody know if this is a feature of a decimal system?
I think it’s a feature of all positional notation systems.
The distribution shown in this post is for base 10, but Benford’s Law includes distributions for other bases too. The wiki article linked in another comment goes into detail on that too.
If you were in Base 12 or something it would still lean towards 1 but the percentage would be a little different.