Tag: Number Theory

• Slashdot | New Pattern Found In Prime Numbers

  Slashdot | New Pattern Found In Prime Numbers. You just don’t see news about the Prime Numbers everyday. The new pattern is a generalization of Benford’s Law. When accountants look for fraud, let’s say as they might have as part of the recent “Stress Test” that banks were given, they are guided by Benford’s Law,…

  Barbara Iverson

  May 11, 2009

  Economics

  Benford’s law, Hal Varian, Mark Nigrini, Number Theory, Off Topic, Prime number