# Wase 2020: Benford's law in the Beale ciphers

> Viktor Wase, 2020. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. One of the recent statistical tests; its result should be read from the paper itself.

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# Benford's law in the Beale ciphers

Viktor Wase, 2020. _Cryptologia 45(3): 282-286_.

Tests the digit distributions of the three ciphers against Benford's law as a check on whether they were produced by a genuine book-cipher process.

**Beale ciphers** Articledoi: **[10.1080/01611194.2020.1821409](https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2020.1821409)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

One of the recent statistical tests; its result should be read from the paper itself.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Cipher 1 or 3 is genuine but uses a key text no one has tried, or a lost private document.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/answers/ANS0CR7J3SG2QWK/cipher-1-or-3-is-genuine-but-uses-a-key-text-no-one-has)

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[The Beale ciphers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers)

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## Cite it

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Wase, V. (2020). Benford's law in the Beale ciphers. Cryptologia 45(3): 282-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2020.1821409
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