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Benford Law detects quantum phase transitions
similarly as earthquakes
Ujjwal Sen
QIC group, Harish-Chandra Research Institute,
Allahabad
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Benford Law detects quantum phase transitions
similarly as earthquakes
Ujjwal Sen
QIC group, Harish-Chandra Research Institute,
Allahabad
A. Sen(De) & US, EPL’11
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Outline
• Simon Newcomb (1881) & Frank Benford (1938)
• Benford law• Benford law
• Violation parameter
• Detecting earthquakes by Benford law
• Detecting QPT by Benford law
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First of all …
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First of all
There are at least two Benford laws!
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First of all
There are at least two Benford laws!
One states that …
…
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First of all
There are at least two Benford laws!
One states that …
…
Passion is inversely proportional to the
amount of real information available.
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First of all
There are at least two Benford laws!
One states that …
…
Passion is inversely proportional to the
amount of real information available.
We will discuss here the other one!
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A simple question
Are the first digits of numbers,Are the first digits of numbers,
in nature and mathematics,
randomly distributed?
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A simple question
Are the first digits of numbers,
significant
Are the first digits of numbers,
in nature and mathematics,
randomly distributed?
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A simple question
Are the first digits of numbers,
significant
Are the first digits of numbers,
in nature and mathematics,
randomly distributed?
1.1
0.1
0.01
0.000013
123
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Outline
• Simon Newcomb (1881) & Frank Benford (1938)
• Benford law
• Violation parameter
• Detecting earthquakes by Benford law
• Detecting QPT by Benford law
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1881
• Observed that the
earlier pages of log
tables are more worn
out.out.
• Proposed that in any
list of data from any
source, the first digit
will be more often 1.
Simon Newcomb
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Newcomb’s conjecture
The logarithms of numbers are equally The logarithms of numbers are equally
distributed, instead of the numbers
themselves.
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Newcomb’s conjecture
(for single-digit numbers)
A number x starts with digit 1 if 1 <= x < 2
with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
1 <= x < 2
2 <= x < 3with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
…
with digit 9 if 9 <= x < 10.
2 <= x < 3
9 <= x < 10
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Newcomb’s conjecture
A number x starts with digit 1 if 1 <= x < 2
with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
log1 <= logx < log2
log2 <= logx < log3with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
…
with digit 9 if 9 <= x < 10.
log2 <= logx < log3
log9 <= logx < log10
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Newcomb’s conjecture
A number x starts with digit 1 if 1 <= x < 2
with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
log1 <= logx < log2
log2 <= logx < log3with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
…
with digit 9 if 9 <= x < 10.
log2 <= logx < log3
log9 <= logx < log10
0.301
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Newcomb’s conjecture
A number x starts with digit 1 if 1 <= x < 2
with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
log1 <= logx < log2
log2 <= logx < log3with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
…
with digit 9 if 9 <= x < 10.
log2 <= logx < log3
log9 <= logx < log10
0.301
Log is base 10.
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Newcomb’s conjecture
A number x starts with digit 1 if 1 <= x < 2
with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
log1 <= logx < log2
log2 <= logx < log3with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
…
with digit 9 if 9 <= x < 10.
log2 <= logx < log3
log9 <= logx < log10
0.301
0.046
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Newcomb’s conjecture
A number x starts with digit 1 if 1 <= x < 2
with digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
log1 <= logx < log2
log2 <= logx < log3If logs are equally distributed, it is more likely for a log to fall herewith digit 2 if 2 <= x < 3
…
with digit 9 if 9 <= x < 10.
log2 <= logx < log3
log9 <= logx < log10
0.301
0.046
If logs are equally distributed, it is more likely for a log to fall here
than here!
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
the distance between log(D) and log(D+1)
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
log(D+1) - log(D)
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
log(1+1/D)
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
log(1+1/D)
a) The base of the logarithm is 10.
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
log(1+1/D)
b) The base changes if numbers are not written in decimal system.
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
log(1+1/D)
c) Have shown the law holds if logs are equally distributed.
But only for single-digit numbers.
Can be shown for higher-digit numbers also.
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
log(1+1/D)
d) total distance = log10 – log1 = 1 = total probability.
So, normalization is not needed.
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
P(D)=log(1+1/D)
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Newcomb’s conjecture
If logs are equally distributed,
prob that x has D as 1st significant digit is
P(D)=log(1+1/D)
Moral:
Next time you spill tea on a library book,
don’t feel guilty –
your act may just inspire
scientists of future generations.
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That was in 1881.
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There was apparent silence on this front
for the next half a century …
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
It has since been checked for a huge variety of data.
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
These include …
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
rotation frequencies of pulsars
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
national greenhouse gas emission amounts
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
depths of earthquakes
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
global infectious disease cases
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
326 fundamental physical constants
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
masses of extrasolar planets
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.global monthly-averaged temp anomalies
from 1880 to 2008
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1938
• Frank Benford
• Checked it for a wide
variety of data sets.
• The law is known after
him, as Newcomb’s
conjecture had gone
unnoticed.
and what not …
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308, 32, 32, 32, 70, 913, 195, 398, 136, 189,
99, 128, 94, 602, 96, 214, 71, 325, 159, 126, 99, 128, 94, 602, 96, 214, 71, 325, 159, 126,
169, 202, 400, 165, 124, 145, 63, 383, 96,
192, 247, 268, 147, 133, 195, 294, 294, 232,
304, 219, 211, 324, 20*, 303, 144*, 110,
121, 131, 172, 512, 96, 48, 16*, 96.
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Total # of pages of the books on
the highest shelf of our flat
308, 32, 32, 32, 70, 913, 195, 398, 136, 189,
99, 128, 94, 602, 96, 214, 71, 325, 159, 126, 99, 128, 94, 602, 96, 214, 71, 325, 159, 126,
169, 202, 400, 165, 124, 145, 63, 383, 96,
192, 247, 268, 147, 133, 195, 294, 294, 232,
304, 219, 211, 324, 20*, 303, 144*, 110,
121, 131, 172, 512, 96, 48, 16*, 96.
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Frequency chart
First digit Actual rel
frequency
1 .3704
2 .1852
3 .18523 .1852
4 .0370
5 .0185
6 .0370
7 .0370
8 0
9 .1296
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Frequency chart
First digit Actual rel
frequency
Benford
prediction
1 .3704 .3010
2 .1852 .1761
3 .1852 .12493 .1852 .1249
4 .0370 .0969
5 .0185 .0792
6 .0370 .0669
7 .0370 .0580
8 0 .0512
9 .1296 .0458
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Outline
• Simon Newcomb (1881) & Frank Benford (1938)
• Benford law
• Violation parameter
• Detecting earthquakes by Benford law
• Detecting QPT by Benford law
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
• E(D) = expected frequency of digit D
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
• E(D) = expected frequency of digit D
= NP(D), N is sample size= NP(D), N is sample size
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
• E(D) = expected frequency of digit D
= NP(D), N is sample size= NP(D), N is sample size
Deviation = [O(D) ~ E(D)]
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
• E(D) = expected frequency of digit D
= NP(D), N is sample size= NP(D), N is sample size
Relative deviation = [O(D) ~ E(D)]/E(D)
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
• E(D) = expected frequency of digit D
= NP(D), N is sample size= NP(D), N is sample size
Total relative deviation = [O(D) ~ E(D)]/E(D), summed over D
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Violation parameter
• O(D) = observed frequency of digit D
• E(D) = expected frequency of digit D
= NP(D), N is sample size= NP(D), N is sample size
Total relative deviation = [O(D) ~ E(D)]/E(D), summed over DViolation parameter
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Frequency chart
First digit Actual rel
frequency
Benford
prediction
1 .3704 .3010
2 .1852 .1761
3 .1852 .12493 .1852 .1249
4 .0370 .0969
5 .0185 .0792
6 .0370 .0669
7 .0370 .0580
8 0 .0512
9 .1296 .0458
Violation parameter = 5.7883
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Frequency chart
First digit Actual rel
frequency
Benford
prediction
1 .3704 .3010
2 .1852 .1761
3 .1852 .12493 .1852 .1249
4 .0370 .0969
5 .0185 .0792
6 .0370 .0669
7 .0370 .0580
8 0 .0512
9 .1296 .0458
Violation parameter = 5.7883
Sample size = 54
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1995-1998
• Some mathematical insights into the law
have been obtained due to T.P. Hill.
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Applications
• Fraud detection. Fraudulent tax return
fillings tend to have the first significant
digit as random. digit as random.
• Malpractices in elections as seen in
election results.
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Applications
• Fraud detection. Fraudulent tax return
fillings tend to have the first significant
digit as random. digit as random.
• Malpractices in elections as seen in
election results.
• Malpractices in elections as seen in
election results.
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Outline
• Simon Newcomb (1881) & Frank Benford (1938)
• Benford law
• Violation parameter
• Detecting earthquakes by Benford law
• Detecting QPT by Benford law
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2010
• Sambridge, Tkalcic, & Jackson, in Geophys. Res. Lett.
• Earthquake detection by Benford law.
• Detects earthquakes after it has occurred.
• Potential for use to detect small trembles before the bigger one.
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2010
• Sambridge, Tkalcic, & Jackson, in Geophys. Res. Lett.
• Earthquake detection by Benford law.
• Detects earthquakes after it has occurred.
• Potential for use to detect small trembles before the bigger one.
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2010
• Sambridge, Tkalcic, & Jackson, in Geophys. Res. Lett.
• Earthquake detection by Benford law.
• Detects earthquakes after it has occurred.
• Potential for use to detect small trembles before the bigger one.
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2010
• Sambridge, Tkalcic, & Jackson, in Geophys. Res. Lett.
• Earthquake detection by Benford law.
• Detects earthquakes after it has occurred.
• Potential for use to detect small trembles before the bigger one.
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Earthquake detection method
• Characteristic of seismograph pointer.
• Collect data for a certain time window.• Collect data for a certain time window.
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
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• Shift time window by a small value.
• Calculate violation parameter again, …• Calculate violation parameter again, …
• Plot violation vs. midpoint of window.
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A glimpse of the earthquake
detection method
• Characteristic of seismograph pointer.
• Collect data for a certain time window.
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
Benford violation
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
• Shift time window by a small value.
• Calculate violation parameter again.
• Plot violation vs. midpoint of window.
Time
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A glimpse of the earthquake
detection method
• Characteristic of seismograph pointer.
• Collect data for a certain time window.
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
Benford violation
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
• Shift time window by a small value.
• Calculate violation parameter again.
• Plot violation vs. midpoint of window.
TimeEarthquake!
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A glimpse of the earthquake
detection method
• Characteristic of seismograph pointer.
• Collect data for a certain time window.
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
Benford violation
• Calculate Benford violation parameter.
• Shift time window by a small value.
• Calculate violation parameter again.
• Plot violation vs. midpoint of window.
TimeEarthquake!
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Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
December 2004
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Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
December 2004
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Outline
• Simon Newcomb (1881) & Frank Benford (1938)
• Benford law
• Violation parameter
• Detecting earthquakes by Benford law
• Detecting QPT by Benford law
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Quantum XY spin model
S J [(1 + g) S S + (1 - g) S S ]– a Sx yyx z
i i ii+1 i+1
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Quantum XY spin model
S J [(1 + g) S S + (1 - g) S S ]– a Sx yyx z
i i ii+1 i+1
S are half of Pauli matrices.
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Quantum XY spin model
S J [(1 + g) S S + (1 - g) S S ]– a Sx yyx z
i i ii+1 i+1
Quantum phase transition at h=1.
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Quantum XY spin model
S J [(1 + g) S S + (1 - g) S S ]– a Sx yyx z
i i ii+1 i+1
Quantum phase transition at h=1.
For g = 1: Transverse Ising Model.
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There r many ways to see the QPT …
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QPT of transverse Ising
0.5
0
0.1
0.2
C1
7 sites
9 sites
11 sites
41 sites
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
λ
-0.5
0
∂λC
1
7 sites9 sites11 sites41 sites
0 0.5 1 1.5 20
4 5 6 7 8ln Ω
-14
-12
-10
-8
-6
-4
-2
ln (λmin
-1)
-1.87 x + 1.26
Osterloh, Amico, Falci, & Fazio, Nature 2002;
Osborne & Nielsen, Phys. Rev. A 2002.
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QPT of transverse Ising
0.5
0
0.1
0.2
C1
7 sites
9 sites
11 sites
41 sites
We now try to see whether this transition can be
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
λ
-0.5
0
∂λC
1
7 sites9 sites11 sites41 sites
0 0.5 1 1.5 20
4 5 6 7 8ln Ω
-14
-12
-10
-8
-6
-4
-2
ln (λmin
-1)
-1.87 x + 1.26
Osterloh, Amico, Falci, & Fazio, Nature 2002;
Osborne & Nielsen, Phys. Rev. A 2002.
We now try to see whether this transition can be
detected by using the Benford law.
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Violations and trivial violations
• Benford law is known to be not universally
satisfied.
• But, some violations, like the following, are • But, some violations, like the following, are
“trivial”.
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Violations and trivial violations
• Benford law is known to be not universally
satisfied.
• But, some violations, like the following, are • But, some violations, like the following, are
“trivial”.
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Violations and trivial violations
• Benford law is known to be not universally
satisfied.
• But, some violations, like the following, are • But, some violations, like the following, are
“trivial”.
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Violations and trivial violations
CESU promises to supply 220V.
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Violations and trivial violations
Of course, there are some fluctuations.
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Violations and trivial violations
The fluctuation is + or – 10V.
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Violations and trivial violations
Any reading will have 2 as the first digit.
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Violations and trivial violations
An obvious but trivial violation!
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Violations and trivial violations
A way out is to shift and scale the data
to the range (0,1).
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Violations and trivial violations
For any random variable X,
we find min and max.
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Violations and trivial violations
Shift and scale X to obtain Y.
Y = (X – min)/(max-min).
Ignore the 0 and 1 obtained.
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Violations and trivial violations
Thereafter, check status of Benford law
for the random variable Y.
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Violations and trivial violations
We call Y as “Benford X”.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
a/J
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
Length of shifting field window
= 0.2, 0.15, 0.1
a/J
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
Length of shifting field window
= 0.2, 0.15, 0.1
Shift = 0.05
a/J
Shift = 0.05
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
Length of shifting field window
= 0.2, 0.15, 0.1
Shift = 0.05
a/J
Shift = 0.05
N = 1998
But coincides with N = 1498.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
Length of shifting field window
= 0.2, 0.15, 0.1
Shift = 0.05
a/J
Shift = 0.05
N = 1998
But coincides with N = 1498.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
Equilibriated plateaus
of different heights on
two sides of QPT.
a/J
two sides of QPT.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
Vigorous transverse
movements at QPT, …
a/J
movements at QPT, …
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
as system tries to change
equilibriated value
of violation parameter.
a/J
of violation parameter.
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
We replace the shifting time window by a
shifting field window.
Benford transverse magnetizationViolation parameter for
as system tries to change
equilibriated value
of violation parameter.Transverse movement
a/J
of violation parameter.Transverse movement
between equilibriated plateaus of different heights
of violation parameter of a system characteristic
would indicate a transition.
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Frequency distribution of 1st digits
Violation parameter is a characteristic of the
frequency distribution of the 1st digits.frequency distribution of the 1st digits.
The distribution itself hides further info.
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Frequency distribution of 1st digits
a/J œ (0.82,0.9) a/J œ (1.1,1.18)
N = 1998
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Benford law detects QPT in TIM
• Have also checked by using
a. nearest-neighbor classical correlationsa. nearest-neighbor classical correlations
b. single-site von Neumann entropy
c. nearest-neighbor entanglement
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Finite systems
Violation parameter for
Benford transverse
magnetization
vs. a/J
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Finite systems
10
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Finite systems
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10
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Finite systems
25 100
10
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Finite systems
25 100
10
N = 1498, 1998, 2998
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In summary …
• Benford law is interesting.
• Benford law can detect QPT.• Benford law can detect QPT.
• The method of detection is similar to that of
detecting earthquakes.
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