Re: Zero digits in powers

In article <1118950785.269911.221560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
vkarlamov@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> *** T. Winter wrote:
> > In article <1118885085.834902.286300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > vkarlamov@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> > > Assume for the fun of it that the digits in the decimal
> > > representation of 2^n are independently and uniformly
> > > distributed.
> >
> > But they are not. The probability that the first digit is k is about
> > log(k + 1) - log(k), and similar formula's for larger sequences.
> >
> log base 10?

Yes.

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