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MethodsInformation theorySequence structure: MI decay, compressibility, BPE curve, repeated phrases
Method · information theory

Sequence structure: MI decay, compressibility, BPE curve, repeated phrases

Information theoryVersion 1.0Licence MIT3 runsUsed on 1 mystery

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Runs and results 3 runs

RunMysteryMeasuredResultAgainstDate
RUN-025VoynichRepeated 4-grams real/shuffled3022 Oct
RUN-006VoynichRepeated word 4-grams0Pliny 16, Vulgate 25722 Oct
RUN-002VoynichRepeated 4-grams real/shuffled1022 Oct

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2 datasetsGC2a transcription, ZL3b transcription
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