An explanation of low entropy?
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(17-03-2023, 02:45 PM)Aga Tentakulus wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The word length and entropy are not as unusual as one might think.
It is still within the normal range.

Could you point out a similar string in Voynichese? You make a good point that things like this can lead to paragraphs with low word entropy and semi-reduplication. The string is something like "(und) vo(n) dem/der....". However, one crucial element in these strings is an alternation between the low entropy bit and a high-entropy noun. 

"von den vier elementen, von der erden, von dem lufft, von dem wasser, von dem für" 

There's almost a cadence to the entropy here: low low high, low low high. And most importantly, we immediately see a pattern, that "von de(n/m/r)" performs a formulaic function. Aren't such phrases famously absent from Voynichese?
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An explanation of low entropy? - by Arichichi - 17-03-2023, 11:32 AM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by nablator - 17-03-2023, 12:06 PM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by Arichichi - 17-03-2023, 12:58 PM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by Arichichi - 17-03-2023, 02:05 PM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by Koen G - 18-03-2023, 01:21 PM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by tavie - 18-03-2023, 02:50 PM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by Arichichi - 19-03-2023, 12:12 AM
RE: An explanation of low entropy? - by nablator - 22-03-2023, 01:40 PM

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