First-digit law in nonextensive statistics

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2010 Oct;82(4 Pt 1):041110. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041110. Epub 2010 Oct 13.

Abstract

Nonextensive statistics, characterized by a nonextensive parameter q, is a promising and practically useful generalization of the Boltzmann statistics to describe power-law behaviors from physical and social observations. We here explore the unevenness of the first-digit distribution of nonextensive statistics analytically and numerically. We find that the first-digit distribution follows Benford's law and fluctuates slightly in a periodical manner with respect to the logarithm of the temperature. The fluctuation decreases when q increases, and the result converges to Benford's law exactly as q approaches 2. The relevant regularities between nonextensive statistics and Benford's law are also presented and discussed.