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Cognitive networks: brains, internet, and civilizations
Dmitrii Yu. Manin, Yuri I. Manin
In this short essay, we discuss some basic features of cognitive activity at several different space-time scales: from neural networks in the brain to civilizations. One motivation…
On the nature of long-range letter correlations in texts
Dmitrii Y. Manin
The origin of long-range letter correlations in natural texts is studied using random walk analysis and Jensen-Shannon divergence. It is concluded that they result from slow variat…
Zipf's Law and Avoidance of Excessive Synonymy
Dmitrii Manin
Zipf's law states that if words of language are ranked in the order of decreasing frequency in texts, the frequency of a word is inversely proportional to its rank. It is very robu…
Experiments on predictability of word in context and information rate in natural language
Dmitrii Manin
Based on data from a large-scale experiment with human subjects, we conclude that the logarithm of probability to guess a word in context (unpredictability) depends linearly on the…