Re: [math-fun] Something linguistic

The Mestre et al paper handles V using chivvy = chivy or leitmotiv = leitmotif but neither would be accepted under the "too much logic forbidden" rule that you are not allowed to use alternate spellings of the same word (which the rest of their proof obeys), and under that rule V still is unresolved. (Stephen=Steven? Who's he? I never knew anybody whose name was spelled in two different allowable ways, anyhow.) They then claim German also is trivial (without proof, attributed to Herbert Gangl) but that Japanese katakana seems to be completely relation-free. -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org <-- add your endorsement (by clicking "endorse" as 1st step)