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Classical Hebrew Vowels and their Pronunciation (Tiberian Pronunciation)      Figure 1:    אָ֣לֶפ The Aleph.  This is the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet.  It has a numerical value of 1 . אָ = Alef, Qamats = /a/ אָה = Alef, Qamats Hay = /aː/ אַ = Alef, Patach = /ɑ/ אֵ = Alef, tsērē = /e/ אֵה = Alef, tsērē hay = /eː/ אֵי = Alef, tsērē yod = /eː/ (/eːɪ/ /eɪ/) אֶ = Alef, segol = /ɛ/ אֶה = Aleph, segol, hay = /ɛː/ אִ = Aleph, Chiriq = /ɪ/ אִי = Aleph, Chiriq, Yod = /i/ /i...

As regards Formal Logic and Set theory, what is a dichotomy? As Regards Formal Logic and Set Theory, what is a Dichotomy? Introduction: The mathematical term: ‘dichotomy’ is employed in common parlance, usually as a component of the phrase: a false dichotomy .  When we refer to: a false dichotomy in common English, we generally refer to two competing ideologies that might seem, at first glance, to have nothing in common; no shared elements; but, upon further inspection, actually have a lot of elements in common. The Term ‘Dichotomy’ in Mathematics and Logic: The purpose of this blogpost is to examine what the term: ...

Pseudo-random numbers in C Pseudo-random numbers in C: Introduction: In Ancient Greek, the adjective: ψευδής [1] . or, when transliterated: ‘pseudḗs’ means: ‘lying,’ ‘false,’ ‘fictitious,’ ‘sham’ [2] . . A classical computer is a deterministic machine, and, in and of itself, cannot generate a truly random number.  A classical computer, in and of itself, can only generate a pseudo-random number. [3] . A pseudo-random number is not a true random number – its having been g...

The Ancient-Greek Alphabet: The Ancient-Greek Alphabet comprises 24 letters: one letter for each hour of the day. The Ancient-Greek Alphabet: Uppercase: Lowercase: Ancient-Greek Letter Name: Ancient-Greek Letter Name Transliterated: I.P.A. Symbol: Α α άλφα álpha short = /ɑ/ ; long = /aː/ ; /ɑː/ ...

    Figure 1:   A tongue that I quickly sketched, and then edited in photoshop. The Ancient-Greek 1st-and-2nd-declension adjective: πολύς, πολλή, πολύ , or, when transliterated: ‘polús, pollḗ, polú,’ means: ‘many,’ .  The Ancient-Greek 1 st -declension feminine noun: ἡ γλῶσσα, τῆϛ γλώσσης, or, when transliterated: ‘hē glȭssa, tē̃s glṓssēs’ means: ‘the tongue’ .  In the Attic dialect, the spelling of: ‘hē glȭssa,’ is: ἡ γλῶττα, τῆϛ γλώττης , or, when transliterated: ‘hē glȭtta, tē̃s glṓttēs’ . We derive our English noun: ‘polyglot,’ , which is a speaker of many languages, from our combining of the Ancient-Greek adjective: ‘polús,’ which means: ‘many’ , with the Ancient-Greek noun: ‘glȭtta’ , which means: ‘tongue’ .

A Rule for the Accentuation of Ancient Greek. Figure 1:   A Greek flag that I coded in SVG. Figure 2:   What the above image looks like when exported as a PNG file You may view the code, and the vector image itself, for the above depicted Greek flag at my CodePen account. Figure 3:   ἡ λύρα Genitive: τῆς λύρᾱς or: hē lúra Genitive: tē̃s lúrās. 1st-declension feminine noun. The lyre. The lyre is very often used to symbolise Ancient Greece. Nouns are Persistent , whereas Verbs are recessive: Nouns are Persistent [1] : When it comes to Ancien...

The Qamats Vowel in Hebrew. The Qāmats: A Qāmats is a Nikkud symbol [1] . Qamats Hebrew Vowel Figure 1:   A Qamats symbol that I coded in SVG. Figure 2:   What the SVG image in Figure 1 looks like when exported as a PNG. Figure 3:   The SVG code that generated the vector image: Figure 1 . A Qāmats is a Hebrew vowel that denotes a long-a sound [2] . The Qāmats-hey (-ah) [3] suffix, in Hebrew, usually denotes a feminine noun, and is a feature of such girl’s names as ‘Leah,’ [4] . which, I think, means ‘s...

Basilikon Doron Basilikòn Dȭron: The Royal Gift Figure 1:   The title page of the Basilikon Doron . King James VI of Scotland (19 th June 1566 – 27 th March 1625) - later King James I of England - became fluent in Latin and Greek at an extremely young age. He wrote a book entitled: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΟΝ ΔΩΡΟΝ [1] . or: BASILIKON DORON , which means: The Kingly Gift , in 1599.  This book is addressed to his eldest son, Henry Frederick (19 th February 1594 – 6 th November 1612) , and it is a book advising him on how to become a good monarch. [1] .  βασιλοκὸν δῶρον or basilikòn dȭron , The Kingly Gift, The Royal Gift .  /bɑ.ˌsɪ.lɪ.ˈkɔn ˈdoː.ron/

Figure 1:   a very ergonomic  looking office chair! The Ancient-Greek noun, τὸ ἔργον or 'tò érgov' means 'work;' whereas the Ancient-Greek noun, ὁ νόμος or 'ho nómos' means 'custom,' 'law;' and the Latin 1st-and-2nd-declension adjectival suffix, '-ica, -icus, -icum' means 'of.' From the above Ancient Classical words, we derive the English noun, 'ergonomics,' which is the study and application of workplace comfort, safety and hygiene with a view to improving the contentedness and well-being of staff.

The Naming of Sets in Set Theory Figure 1:   I drew this set-naming italic character in SVG.  You may view the code of this image at my Codepen Account . Figure 2: What the SVG image looks like when exported as a PNG. [1] In Set Theory - which underpins so much of computing mathematics - we conventionally name sets with capital italic letters. In computer science, a name such as: A , would be termed an: ‘identifier’ . In the below example, we shall use the capital italic character: R so as to name the members of the set of Radix-ten [2] integers. Figure 3: “ A SQUARE-ROOT SIGN   This sign is from radix (Latin for root) and was first used by Leonardo da Pisa in 1220.  Today’s √ sign, which may be a distortion of the letter “r”, is sixteenth-century German.” [3] An Example ...