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We study the leading digit laws for the matrix entries of a linear Lie group G. For non-compact G, these laws generalize the following observations: (1) the normalized Haar measure of the Lie group ℝ + is dx/x and (2) the scale invariance of dx/x implies the distribution of the digits follow Benford’s law. Viewing this scale invariance as left invariance of Haar measure,...