#mathematics #fraud-detection #anomaly-detection

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In naturally distributed collection of numbers, the leading digit is likely to be small. This results in a distribution of leading numbers that is a) ordered, b) looks like log(1/x)

Frequency of first significant digit of physical constants plotted against Benford's law

This can be used to detect anomalies in various instances since a distribution not corresponding to Benford's law may mean that the distribution is not natural. For example: detection election fraud, tax fraud, ...

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