The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against
(11-02-2026, 02:56 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It is not just that the number of occurrences of  daiin (5) or daiin|dair|laiin (8) in the longest SPS parag is similar to the number of occurrences of 主治 (6) or 主 (7) in the longest SBJ recipe.  The main point is that the relative positions of those occurrences, with are quite irregularly spaced, are remarkably similar in the two parags.  The five occurrences of daiin match five of the seven occurrences of 主, while the eight occurrences of daiin|dair|laiin match all seven, with one left over. 

They are somewhat similar, but I have no idea whether this is significant or not mathematically. How likely is this to be a coincidence? 

Is the below an adequate visual representation of the argument?

   
Reply
Register or login to view the content
[+] 1 user says Thank You to oshfdk for this post
Reply
Register or login to view the content
[+] 5 users say Thank You to nablator for this post
Reply
Register or login to view the content
Reply
Register or login to view the content
[+] 1 user says Thank You to Jorge_Stolfi for this post
Reply
Register or login to view the content
[+] 6 users say Thank You to Rafal for this post
Reply
Register or login to view the content
Reply
Register or login to view the content
[+] 2 users say Thank You to oshfdk for this post
Reply
Register or login to view the content
Reply
Register or login to view the content
[+] 4 users say Thank You to nablator for this post
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 19 Guest(s)