Re: VMs: Slavonic assumption

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Elmar,

At 12:46 02/06/2004 +0200, Elmar Vogt wrogt:
> I understand that Antoine has set up a matrix for each letter. Row index i 
> would
> be word length, column index j represents the position within the word. The
> matrix cells count the occurences of the specific letter in this position.
>
> Ie, if for letter "o" the matrix cell M[5][3]=25, this would indicate that
> letter "o" was found 25 times as the third letter in words with a total length
> of 5 letters.
>
> Am I missing something here?

Yes, that would make sense: but why is Antoine only listing the contents of 
a single matrix in his Slavonic paper? Are his tables actually only 
comparing a single letter (perhaps "o"?) between Voynichese and other 
languages?

Thanks, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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