[seqfan] Re: Arabic Poetry Sequences
Neil Sloane
njasloane at gmail.com
Thu Aug 29 14:33:27 CEST 2019
My feeling is that these are not really appropriate for the OEIS.
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
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On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 5:06 AM Ali Sada via SeqFan <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
wrote:
> Hi Antti,
> Thank you for your response. Yes, I meant the sequences at the end of the
> email. I put them here again in OEIS format. And yes, they are periodic.
> The poem can go up to hundreds of verses, and each one is with the same
> format.
> I have no idea if there is any mathematical interest in them. As far as I
> know, I might be the first one to replace the "/" and the "o" with "1" and
> "0", respectively. This system could be used in cryptography, for
> example.Also, it might be interesting to compare these rhythms with rhythms
> from other cultures, like Farsi poetry as you mentioned. Maybe someone can
> check English rhythms replacing C,V, #, etc. with numbers.
> In any case, this was just a suggestion.
> Best,
> Ali
>
> 1. Al-Taweel-The Long
>
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>
> 1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 2. Al-Madid-The Extended
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>
>
>
> 1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 3. Al-Baseet-Plain
>
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 4. Al-Wafer- The Abundant
>
>
>
>
> 1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 5. Al-Kamel-The Perfect
>
>
>
>
> 1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 6. Al-Hazaj- The Lilt
>
>
>
>
> 1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0
>
> 1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
>
>
> 7. Al-Rajaz- The Wind Vibration
>
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 8. Al-Raml- The Sand
>
>
>
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> 1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 9. Al-Saree’-The Fast
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 10. Al-Munsareh- TheSloping (water goes down on aslope)
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1
>
>
>
> 11. Al-Khafif- The Light(light weight)
>
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
>
>
> 12. Al-Mudhare’- TheSimilar
>
>
>
>
> 1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 13. Al-Muqtadhab- The Brief
>
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
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>
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> 14. Al-Mujtath- TheDeducted
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>
>
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> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 15. Al-Mutaqareb- TheConverged
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>
>
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> 1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
>
> 1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0
>
>
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> 16. Al-Khabab- The Trot
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>
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> 1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0
>
>
>
> 1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0
>
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>
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 2:25:58 PM EDT, Antti Karttunen <
> antti.karttunen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/25/19, Ali Sada via SeqFan <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > Please see below the "sequences" of classic Arabic poetry. Do you think
> they
> > should be added to OEIS?
> >
>
> Do you mean those 0/1-sequences at the end of your mail? Should they
> be finite or periodic? Is there any specific mathematical interest in
> them?
>
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> >
> >
> > Ali
> >
> >
> > The "sequences" (called “buhour,” Arabic for “seas.”) were discovered in
> the
> > 8th century by the great Iraqi scholar Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad Al-Farahidi,
> who
> > was a linguist, philologist,cryptographer, lexicographer, musician, and
> > grammarian.
>
> See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingala (mentioned also by
> Knuth in his Vol. 4A, chapter "History of Combinatorial Generation")
> who investigated Sanskrit prosody.
>
> I don't myself know much about Arabic poetry, but I like many Persian
> ones, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNRnCVLERdU
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Antti
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > The bahar (sea) has one main sequence. Sometimes these sequences get
> > replaced by "lighter" versions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Each Arab poem consists of few to hundreds of verses. The verse is called
> > bayt, which is Arabic for house. Each bayt could be written as a string
> of
> > “on” and “off” type of symbols. The “on” sign means “moving,”and the
> “off”
> > sign means “static.” The original signs used by Arabic scholars are “/”
> and
> > “o,” so it is perfectly logical to use 1 and 0 instead.
> >
> >
> >
> > There are 28 Arabic letters, 3 of them are long vowels (“ɑ” as in bath,
> “u”
> > as in moon, and “i” as in seen.) There are also 3 harakat (plural of
> haraka,
> > which means movement in Arabic.) These harakat are actually short vowels
> (“ɛ”
> > as in pet, “ʊ” as in put, and “ɪ” as in pit.)
> >
> >
> >
> > The structure of the Arabic rhythms is based on these three rules:
> >
> >
> >
> > i) A constant sound that is not associated with any
> vowel
> > sound is called“saken, which means static.) It is represented by a “0.”
> For
> > example, the “t”in the word “put” is static, and in poetry it is
> represented
> > by a “0.”
> >
> > ii) A constant sound that is associated with a short
> vowel
> > is considered one“moving” part. For example, the sound “p” and the sound
> “ʊ”
> > in the word “put”are considered one moving part. So, the representation
> of
> > the single word “put”is 10.
> >
> > iii) A constant sound that is associated with a long
> vowel is
> > considered“moving,” and the long sound is considered static. So, the
> > representation ofthe word “pa” is 10.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Examples:
> >
> > Paton= moving “p,” static “y,” moving “t,”and static “n.” 1010
> >
> > Josephine= moving “j,” static “o,” moving“z,” moving “f,” static “ee,”
> and
> > static “n.” 101100
> >
> > Wodroow Wilson eating pizza= 1010101010101010
> >
> >
> >
> > Arabic classic buhour are:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. Al-Taweel-The Long
> >
> > 1101011010101101011011011010110101011010110110
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. Al-Madid-The Extended
> >
> > 101101010110101101010110101101010110101101010110
> >
> > 10110101011010110101011010101101011010
> >
> > 101101010110101011010101101010110101011010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 3. Al-Baseet-Plain
> >
> > 101011010110101011010110101011010110101011010110
> >
> > 10101101011010101101010110101101010110
> >
> > 1010110101101010110111010101101011010101101110
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 4. Al-Wafer- The Abundant
> >
> > 110111011011101101011010110111011011101101011010
> >
> > 11011101101110110101101110110111011010
> >
> >
> >
> > 5. Al-Kamel-The Perfect
> >
> > 111011011101101110110111011011101101110110
> >
> >
> >
> > 6. Al-Hazaj- The Lilt
> >
> > 110101011010101101010110101011010101101010
> >
> > 1101010110101011010101101010
> >
> >
> >
> > 7. Al-Rajaz- The Wind Vibration
> >
> > 101011010101101010110101011010101101010110
> >
> > 1010110101011010101101010110
> >
> >
> >
> > 8. Al-Raml- The Sand
> >
> > 101101010110101011010101101010110101011010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 9. Al-Saree’-The Fast
> >
> > 10101101010110101101010110101011010110
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 10. Al-Munsareh- TheSloping (water goes down on a slope)
> >
> > 10101101011011011101010110101101101110
> >
> > 10101101011011010110101101
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 11. Al-Khafif- The Light(light weight)
> >
> > 101101010101101011010101101010101101011010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 12. Al-Mudhare’- TheSimilar
> >
> > 110101010110101101010110101010110101101010
> >
> > 1101010101101011010101011010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 13. Al-Muqtadhab- The Brief
> >
> > 101010110101101010110101010110101101010110
> >
> > 1010101101011010101011010110
> >
> >
> >
> > 14. Al-Mujtath- TheDeducted
> >
> > 101011010110101011010101011010110101011010
> >
> > 1010110101101010101101011010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 15. Al-Mutaqareb- TheConverged
> >
> > 1101011010110101101011010110101101011010
> >
> > 1101011010110101101011010110101101011010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 16. Al-Khabab- The Trot
> >
> > 10101010101010101010101010101010
> >
> > 101101011010110101101011010110
> >
> >
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