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- From: bs@fatima.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman)
- Subject: Re: measures of the `size' of infinite sets
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- In article <18nem0INN2vg@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
- :
- :Here is an old gem along these lines. A positive integer, in its
- :decimal representation, begins with one of nine possible
- :digits. What proportion of them begin with the digit '1'?
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- The 'distribution of first digit' problem is well-known and is discussed
- in Knuth vol. 2 [isn't everything? :-)] I won't post a spoiler.
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