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New structural properties of strings generated by leading digits of $$2^ n$$. (English) Zbl 0529.60015

MSC:
 60E99 Distribution theory 11K16 Normal numbers, radix expansions, Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, good lattice points, etc. 82B05 Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) 94A15 Information theory (general) 68R10 Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science 11A63 Radix representation; digital problems
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