How do Cracovian matrices work?

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Start date Jan 18, 2012
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solarblast

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Jan 18, 2012

Cracovians seem to be matrices. I'm looking at some right now, but how they operate is not clear. Braces are used to enclose them. jpg shows the idea.

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solarblast

Jan 20, 2012

They belong to the early days of computing when tapes were used for memory. See <http://dictionary.sensagent.com/cracovian/en-en/>

Better yet. <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1942AJ...50...38B>

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Antientrophy

Jan 31, 2012

Looks like equations to the meaning of life.

How do Cracovian matrices work?

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