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Has anyone made equations out of English sentences?
I am interested to know if anyone has developed mathematical translation rules that takes English sentences and converts them into equations that produce a sum. Or if someone has done it for another language and an English version of the rules has been done.
It might look something like:
"The raven is a black bird."
"raven = black + bird"
The idea being that you could take a document, use the rules to translate the English sentences into math equations, and distill it down into its informational parts and total them for what the document equaled in information.
So far my net search for this has turned up nothing. I am hoping it is simply because I'm not using the proper termnology when doing my search. If you can tell me the proper termnology for this sort of thing, that would be of great help. Or, better yet, if you could give URLs to where this stuff is located, that would be fantastic!
Thanks in advance!
Scott Jensen
It might look something like:
"The raven is a black bird."
"raven = black + bird"
The idea being that you could take a document, use the rules to translate the English sentences into math equations, and distill it down into its informational parts and total them for what the document equaled in information.
So far my net search for this has turned up nothing. I am hoping it is simply because I'm not using the proper termnology when doing my search. If you can tell me the proper termnology for this sort of thing, that would be of great help. Or, better yet, if you could give URLs to where this stuff is located, that would be fantastic!
Thanks in advance!
Scott Jensen
Top answer
Of course it's been done. Have you never heard of computer languages? They convert language into a mathematical code.
- Of course it's been done.
- Have you never heard of computer languages?
- They convert language into a mathematical code.
- You would not have been able to post your message without them.
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Of course it's been done. Have you never heard
of computer languages?
They convert language into a mathematical code.
You would not have been able to
post your message without them.
of computer languages?
They convert language into a mathematical code.
You would not have been able to
post your message without them.
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[nq:1]I am interested to know if anyone has developed mathematical translation rules that takes English sentences and converts them into ... math equations, and distill it down into its informational parts and total them for what the document equaled in information.[/nq]
I don't believe this is possible at the present level of technology.
It would make machine translation, for example
I don't believe this is possible at the present level of technology.
It would make machine translation, for example
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[nq:1]I am interested to know if anyone has developed mathematical translation rules that takes English sentences and converts them into ... rules has been done. It might look something like: "The raven is a black bird." "raven = black + bird"[/nq]
black + bird need not equal raven. crows starlings,cowbirds, grackles not to mention several others are all black birds. A language that could be s
black + bird need not equal raven. crows starlings,cowbirds, grackles not to mention several others are all black birds. A language that could be s
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[nq:2]I am interested to know if anyone has developed mathematical ... located, that would be fantastic! Thanks in advance! Scott Jensen[/nq]
That's not what he meant.
P.S. this isn't Jeopardy, the reply goes after the question. Top posting disruptes the natural flow of the conversation.
That's not what he meant.
P.S. this isn't Jeopardy, the reply goes after the question. Top posting disruptes the natural flow of the conversation.
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[nq:1]Unless you're talking about a simple checksum. That's another story.[/nq]
Simple checksum being?
Scott Jensen
Simple checksum being?
Scott Jensen
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[nq:2]I am interested to know if anyone has developed mathematical ... raven is a black bird." "raven = black + bird"[/nq]
[nq:1]black + bird need not equal raven. crows starlings,cowbirds, grackles not to mention several others are all black birds. A language that could be so reduced would be inadequate to the needs of communication.[/nq]
First, I gave the above as an example.
Second,
[nq:1]black + bird need not equal raven. crows starlings,cowbirds, grackles not to mention several others are all black birds. A language that could be so reduced would be inadequate to the needs of communication.[/nq]
First, I gave the above as an example.
Second,
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[nq:1]Simple checksum being?[/nq]
An algorithmic device, such as a "check digit" that indicates if a simple transposition or substitution error has occurred in a string of digits.
Speaking of ravens, the Mad Hatter asked "Why is a raven like a writing desk".
Izzy's answer is:
The raven has a secret aerie.
A writing desk is a secretary.
ciao,
Israel "izzy" Cohen
An algorithmic device, such as a "check digit" that indicates if a simple transposition or substitution error has occurred in a string of digits.
Speaking of ravens, the Mad Hatter asked "Why is a raven like a writing desk".
Izzy's answer is:
The raven has a secret aerie.
A writing desk is a secretary.
ciao,
Israel "izzy" Cohen
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[nq:2]Unless you're talking about a simple checksum. That's another story.[/nq]
[nq:1]Simple checksum being? Scott Jensen[/nq]
Sometimes in order to verify that a document has not been altered, the number of each character in the document is used as part of a sum. Any alteration in the document changes the checksum.
Stephen
Lennox Head, Australia
[nq:1]Simple checksum being? Scott Jensen[/nq]
Sometimes in order to verify that a document has not been altered, the number of each character in the document is used as part of a sum. Any alteration in the document changes the checksum.
Stephen
Lennox Head, Australia
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[nq:2]black + bird need not equal raven. crows starlings,cowbirds, grackles ... so reduced would be inadequate to the needs of communication.[/nq]
[nq:1]First, I gave the above as an example. Second, it was meant to illustrate how the sentence could be translated. Yes, I know other birds are also black, but that's not what the sentence provided as information. Scott Jensen[/nq]
Scott
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[nq:1]First, I gave the above as an example. Second, it was meant to illustrate how the sentence could be translated. Yes, I know other birds are also black, but that's not what the sentence provided as information. Scott Jensen[/nq]
Scott
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[nq:2]black + bird need not equal raven. crows starlings,cowbirds, gracklesnot ... so reduced would be inadequate to the needs of communication.[/nq]
[nq:1]First, I gave the above as an example. Second, it was meant to illustrate how the sentence could be translated. Yes, I know other birds are also black, but that's not what the sentence provided as information. Scott Jensen[/nq]
I was sh
[nq:1]First, I gave the above as an example. Second, it was meant to illustrate how the sentence could be translated. Yes, I know other birds are also black, but that's not what the sentence provided as information. Scott Jensen[/nq]
I was sh
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