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Methods CryptanalysisFragmenting-cipher solver (joint segmentation and key)

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Fragmenting-cipher solver (joint segmentation and key)

CryptanalysisVersion 1.0Licence MIT14 runsUsed on 1 mystery

Questions it answers

Is it a cipher of a known language?

Code Python

Download module (.py)fragment_solver.pyView source

Runs and results 14 runs · 6 shown

Run	Mystery	Measured	Result	Against	Date
RUN-053	Voynich	Rings, Latin.novowel: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 133, 2.03 per word	0.29	Permuted keys mean gap 0.338 · control gap see T16a	22 Oct
RUN-052	Voynich	Rings, Latin: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 159, 2.06 per word	1.039	Permuted keys mean gap 1.782 · control gap see T16a	22 Oct
RUN-051	Voynich	Paragraphs, Italian: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 953, 1.57 per word	0.907	Permuted keys mean gap 1.486 · control gap see T16a	22 Oct
RUN-050	Voynich	Paragraphs, Latin.novowel: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 722, 1.47 per word	0.353	Permuted keys mean gap 0.381 · control gap see T16a	22 Oct
RUN-049	Voynich	Paragraphs, Latin: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 927, 1.56 per word	0.775	Permuted keys mean gap 1.527 · control gap see T16a	22 Oct
RUN-048	Voynich	Planted affix-table cipher of Latin.novowel, k=4, 1 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy	0.8667291471415183	Chance 0.154	22 Oct

Applied to

Voynich Manuscript

Voynich Manuscript

1 datasetZL3b transcription