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English (1984 - George Orwell)
English (1984 - George Orwell)
1.4641414719132793E-67
<br/>1.4641414719132793E-67


French (Les Orientales - Victor Hugo)
French (Les Orientales - Victor Hugo)
1.1571661202766258E-70
<br/>1.1571661202766258E-70


Vigenere Cipher (1984 - George Orwell, Keyword LEMON)
Vigenere Cipher (1984 - George Orwell, Keyword LEMON)
1.646391769425068E-70
<br/>1.646391769425068E-70


German (Traumdeutung - Sigmund Freud)
German (Traumdeutung - Sigmund Freud)
Note: does not account for Eszett (sharp s) character
<br/>Note: does not account for Eszett (sharp s) character
3.8662593620911806E-73
<br/>3.8662593620911806E-73


English Initial Letters (1984 - George Orwell)
English Initial Letters (1984 - George Orwell)
2.351742120702543E-57
<br/>2.351742120702543E-57


French Initial Letters (Les Orientales - Victor Hugo)
French Initial Letters (Les Orientales - Victor Hugo)
counting words like l'hopital as two words ("le" followed by "hopital"):
<br/>counting words like l'hopital as two words ("le" followed by "hopital"):
7.809561685705767E-61
<br/>7.809561685705767E-61
discounting the "l'" (only consider the "hopital")
<br/>discounting the "l'" (only consider the "hopital")
1.1841007473332175E-60
<br/>1.1841007473332175E-60


German Initial Letters (Traumdeutung - Sigmund Freud)
German Initial Letters (Traumdeutung - Sigmund Freud)
Note: does not account for Eszett (sharp s) character. Though I don't think a word can ever start with this character
<br/>Note: does not account for Eszett (sharp s) character. Though I don't think a word can ever start with this character
4.29592233581315E-64
<br/>4.29592233581315E-64


==Second Order Transition Probabilies==
==Second Order Transition Probabilies==


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Revision as of 11:02, 4 June 2009

The Somerton Man's code (without the extra line) is 44 characters long. So, if the text is purely random (1/26 chance of each letter appearing) then the probability of attaining this particular string of 44 is (1/26)^44 = 5.51027E-63. This is a good initial comparison.

First Order Transition Probabilities

English (1984 - George Orwell)
1.4641414719132793E-67

French (Les Orientales - Victor Hugo)
1.1571661202766258E-70

Vigenere Cipher (1984 - George Orwell, Keyword LEMON)
1.646391769425068E-70

German (Traumdeutung - Sigmund Freud)
Note: does not account for Eszett (sharp s) character
3.8662593620911806E-73

English Initial Letters (1984 - George Orwell)
2.351742120702543E-57

French Initial Letters (Les Orientales - Victor Hugo)
counting words like l'hopital as two words ("le" followed by "hopital"):
7.809561685705767E-61
discounting the "l'" (only consider the "hopital")
1.1841007473332175E-60

German Initial Letters (Traumdeutung - Sigmund Freud)
Note: does not account for Eszett (sharp s) character. Though I don't think a word can ever start with this character
4.29592233581315E-64

Second Order Transition Probabilies

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