Conjecture on Benford behavior of lower-dimensional volumes

Let an mm-dimensional object undergo a fragmentation process, and let dd-dimensional volumes with d<md<m be the corresponding lower-dimensional geometric measures of its pieces. The Benford distribution is the distribution of significands specified by Benford's law.

Lower-dimensional volume conjecture. A dd-dimensional volume for an mm-dimensional object, where d<md<m, undergoing a fragmentation process follows the Benford distribution for the appropriate set of conditions.

This generalizes the rectangle-perimeter conjecture to arbitrary lower-dimensional volumes. The phrase “appropriate set of conditions” is not specified in the supplied text, and no resolution is given.

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Irfan Durmić and Steven J. Miller, “Benford Behavior of a Higher-Dimensional Fragmentation Process”, arXiv:2308.07404 (2023).

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