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Re:Liverpool's title win has completed a mysterious Fibonacc... by o11c on Friday May 02, 2025 @07:11PM (#43875429)
The common definition of Benford's Law is written in terms of base 10 (or 100, 1000, etc. for subsequent digits), but the underlying principle applies to any base (I'm pretty sure this includes non-integer bases, though I'm not sure about negative bases).
Re:Liverpool's title win has completed a mysterious Fibonacc... by adammarples on Saturday May 03, 2025 @10:46AM (#43879375)
No matter what base you use, you're using a numeral system that has an inherent logarithmic distribution of one column per order of magnitude