02-02-2018, 04:58 PM
Donald,
the distance metric is a sum of a series of positive figures. In order for the sum to be small, every individual item in the series has to be small. For this point, the sum is less than half the sum of the second best case, and from there, a continuum of values starts.
The authors also say that Hebrew is a closer match to the Voynich text than to any other language.
This is exactly the kind of behaviour that one would expect if it were a correct match.
That of course doesn't confirm that it is indeed a correct match, but at least it is surprising.
I do believe that it could be coincidental, but a closer look is warranted.
A bigger problem is that the Voynich text used is entirely Currier-B language. The statistics for Currier-A are probably so different, that there will be another match.
This is a prediction, not based on any analysis.
the distance metric is a sum of a series of positive figures. In order for the sum to be small, every individual item in the series has to be small. For this point, the sum is less than half the sum of the second best case, and from there, a continuum of values starts.
The authors also say that Hebrew is a closer match to the Voynich text than to any other language.
This is exactly the kind of behaviour that one would expect if it were a correct match.
That of course doesn't confirm that it is indeed a correct match, but at least it is surprising.
I do believe that it could be coincidental, but a closer look is warranted.
A bigger problem is that the Voynich text used is entirely Currier-B language. The statistics for Currier-A are probably so different, that there will be another match.
This is a prediction, not based on any analysis.
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