Mathematical Philology: Entropy Information in Refining Classical Texts' Reconstruction, and Early Philologists' Anticipation of Information Theory

Philologists reconstructing ancient texts from variously miscopied manuscripts anticipated information theorists by centuries in conceptualizing information in terms of probability. An example is the editorial principle difficilior lectio potior (DLP): in choosing between otherwise acceptable altern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cisne, John L., Ziomkowski, Robert M., Schwager, Steven J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20084117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008661

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20084117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008661

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