Your script only tests samples which are from ranges where the max is a power of 10.
I’m sorry to tell you this, but you inadvertently misled people with that empirical test. This just goes to show that we have to check our assumptions, as scientists or mathematicians trying to prove a statement. (Even with empirical tests :)
Hopefully this message will fix that at least for those people that are reading this thread! The rest will be confused. But that’s what happens in science all the time.
PS: I edited the original Wikipedia page with the explanation :)
http://magarshak.com/blog/?p=318
Your script only tests samples which are from ranges where the max is a power of 10.
I’m sorry to tell you this, but you inadvertently misled people with that empirical test. This just goes to show that we have to check our assumptions, as scientists or mathematicians trying to prove a statement. (Even with empirical tests :)
Hopefully this message will fix that at least for those people that are reading this thread! The rest will be confused. But that’s what happens in science all the time.
PS: I edited the original Wikipedia page with the explanation :)