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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-8196</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Epistemus (Sonora)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Epistemus (Sonora)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-8196</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Sonora, División de Ingeniería]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-81962023000100070</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36790/epistemus.v17i34.275</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La Supremacía del Número Uno]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Supremacy of the Number One]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodrigo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Núñez González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Valenzuela]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodrigo Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Sonora Departamento de Matemáticas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Sonora Departamento de Matemáticas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Sonora  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>34</numero>
<fpage>70</fpage>
<lpage>76</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-81962023000100070&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-81962023000100070&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-81962023000100070&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este escrito se presenta de forma general una curiosidad matemática que rápidamente llama la atención per se, la cual describe un patrón peculiar que cumplen los primeros dígitos de datos obtenidos de diversas situaciones ordinarias y de muchos procesos reales, conocida como Ley de Benford o Fenómeno de los Dígitos Significativos. Además de analizar y reproducir el cumplimiento de este singular principio matemático que siguen los dígitos significativos para algunos ejemplos típicos encontrados en la literatura, se analiza también la validez de esta ley en casos de interés particular y se describen posibles aplicaciones potenciales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this paper, it is presented (in a general way) a mathematical curiosity that quickly attracts attention per se. It describes a peculiar pattern, known as Benford&#8217;s Law or the Significant-Digit Phenomenon, that the first digits of data obtained from various ordinary situations and many real processes comply. In addition to analyzing and reproducing the compliance of this singular mathematical principle, that are followed by the significant digits for some typical examples found in the literature, the validity of this law in cases of particular interest is also analyzed and possible potential applications are described.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ley de Benford]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dígitos significativos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[validación de información]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Simon Newcomb]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Benford´s Law]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[significant digits]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[information validation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Simon Newcomb]]></kwd>
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