17-10-2019, 05:40 AM
Hi David, yes, indeed. The process consists in iteratively estimating A and B matrices that best fit the properties of the text. One starts of with initial values for these matrices.
As he clearly says, Eq. 11 gives the initial estimate for the A matrix for the English text.
This is just meant to be close to:
The final value of the matrix, after convergence, for English, is given in Eq. 14.
Following that, he experiments with what happens for various different initial A matrices and comes up with a statistical output (for English) in Eq. 18.
For the Voynich text, he again starts with the version in Eq.11 and ends up with the output in Eq. 19.
He also does the 'varying bit' and has a statistical output in Eq. 21.
As he clearly says, Eq. 11 gives the initial estimate for the A matrix for the English text.
This is just meant to be close to:
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0.5 0.5The final value of the matrix, after convergence, for English, is given in Eq. 14.
Following that, he experiments with what happens for various different initial A matrices and comes up with a statistical output (for English) in Eq. 18.
For the Voynich text, he again starts with the version in Eq.11 and ends up with the output in Eq. 19.
He also does the 'varying bit' and has a statistical output in Eq. 21.