The distribution of the first significant digit in numerals of connected texts is considered. Benford''s law is found to hold approximately for them. Deviations from Benford''s law are statistically significant author peculiarities that allow, under certain conditions, to distinguish between parts of the text with a different authorship.
Translated title of the contributionDeviation from Benford’s law and identification of author peculiarities in texts
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)197-201
Number of pages5
JournalКомпьютерные исследования и моделирование
Volume7
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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  • 27.43.00

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