Gardner (Martin) papers, 1957-1997

First Digits in Tables - Benford's Law, 1960-1999

Containers:
Box 30, Folder 5
Dates:
1960-1999
Scope and content:

"Limits of Measures of the Integers With Application to Random Number Generators ...", by Persi Diaconis, 1973, Memorandum NS-211 (typescript)

"On the Distribution of First Significant Digits", by Roger Pinkham, 1960 (dittograph)

Correspondents:

Duquet, Robert

Federighi, Francis

Rudkin, Arthur

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