I was looking into Nanyan numerals again, and I found some interesting things. I was optimizing the algorithm I was using and running analysis, and one of the things I was thinking about was how many characters it takes to write a given numeral. NOTE: For this post, I will be using X for the “2 x” character instead of Θ, and all numerals will be written left to right. The upper-bound for any number of characters is easy to… Read more

It’s been a while since the I last updated this website, and I thought it needed a bit of a refresh. The previous design was admittedly a bit stale, so I decided to spruce it up a bit. The only sad thing about it all is that I find that I can much more easily persevere with design and coding than with writing. I’ve been working on a number of other projects lately. My next book won’t be in the… Read more

If you read the Ancient Chronicle, you’re sure to notice some special symbols in the chapter headings.  The chapter number and title both include the Nanyan translation.  Though it makes sense that the title is indecipherable, it may seem at first that the number is equally incomprehensible.  However, I assure you there is a simple (well, simple in concept anyway) meaning to them. (To make the numbers easy to render in this post, I’m using the symbols | O Θ… Read more