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The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation),…

The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation), as the Zodiac-340 cipher was.

Ruled outAnswers 1 questionDeductiveTested0

Where it stands

Ruled outNone pieces of evidence for, one against.

What it predicts

  • the count of repeated bigrams when the stream is read at period p peaks sharply at the true period
  • and the periodic coincidence kappa(p) shows a peak absent from the within-word shuffle

Evidence none for · 1 against

Tested by 2 runs

RunMeasuredResultAgainstDecisionDate
RUN-014period-bigram peak (period, count) in text vs within-word shufflep=2 189579 (median 189510)Shuffle p=2 203945 (median 203922)See note22 Oct
RUN-031period-bigram peak (period, count) in text vs within-word shufflep=2 176496 (median 176178)Shuffle p=2 176299 (median 176180)See note22 Oct

The questions it answers

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation),… [Answer ANS0D8FZXNG4EF7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8FZXNG4EF7
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