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expanding maths to abstract concepts through text

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Index note AI list mapping linear algebra / control / info theory onto text ops

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expanding maths to abstract concepts through text

Here is a comprehensive enumeration of mathematical and system-control frameworks mapped to operations on text and latent semantic spaces.

Linear Algebra & Vector Spaces

  • Vector Addition: Combining abstract concepts (e.g., “King” – “Man” + “Woman” = “Queen”).
  • Cosine Similarity: Measuring the semantic distance or relevance between two text sequences.
  • Matrix Multiplication: Executing attention mechanisms to weight contextual importance across text tokens.
  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA): Reducing a large corpus into its most dominant thematic dimensions.
  • Eigenvector Centrality: Identifying the most critical keywords or sentences in a document network.
  • Orthogonality: Detecting mutually exclusive concepts or arguments within a dataset.
  • Basis Transformation: Translating text between distinct jargons, styles, or languages.
  • Singular Value Decomposition (SVD): Extracting latent semantic structures from document-term matrices.
  • Projection: Mapping a generic text sequence into a highly specialized semantic domain.
  • Tensor Contraction: Integrating multi-modal contexts (e.g., text, metadata, time) into a single representation.

Set Theory & Logic

  • Set Intersection: Extracting facts or claims present in multiple independent texts.
  • Set Union: Synthesizing an exhaustive summary from fragmented sources.
  • Set Difference (Subtraction): Isolating novel information in a new text compared to a baseline text.
  • Boolean Algebra: Parsing and executing complex, conditional logical queries on unstructured text.
  • Fuzzy Logic: Handling ambiguous text classifications by assigning graded membership rather than binary labels.
  • Syllogistic Reasoning: Executing multi-step logical deductions from stated premises in text.
  • Predicate Logic: Mapping and verifying relationships between entities across a corpus.

Signal Processing & Filtering

  • Low-Pass Filtering: Summarizing text by removing granular details and retaining the core narrative.
  • High-Pass Filtering: Extracting anomalies, rare keywords, or sudden shifts in topic.
  • Band-Pass Filtering: Isolating text that falls strictly within a predefined thematic or temporal constraint.
  • Convolution: Scanning text for specific semantic features or n-gram patterns.
  • Autocorrelation: Detecting repetitive narrative structures, loops, or redundancies in a single text.
  • Cross-Correlation: Aligning different versions of a text or matching responses to specific prompts.
  • Noise Reduction: Removing disfluencies, grammatical errors, or tangential thoughts from raw transcripts.
  • Fourier Transform: Analyzing rhythmic patterns or structural pacing in long-form text.

Calculus & Differential Geometry

  • Derivatives: Tracking the rate of change in sentiment or thematic intensity across a sequence.
  • Integrals: Accumulating the total metric score (e.g., overall toxicity, total entity mentions) over a text.
  • Gradients: Optimizing prompt variables to steer text generation toward a target output.
  • Manifold Mapping: Navigating the continuous latent space to interpolate smoothly between two distinct concepts.
  • Geodesics: Calculating the shortest logical path of arguments required to connect two opposing viewpoints.

Control Theory & State Spaces

  • State-Space Modeling: Maintaining and updating dynamic representations of environments or variables based on sequential text inputs.
  • Feedback Loops: Implementing self-reflection chains where an output is re-evaluated and corrected recursively.
  • PID Control: Dynamically regulating the verbosity, tone, or formatting of generated text to hit a specific target.
  • Kalman Filtering: Estimating the true intent or state of a user given noisy or incomplete text inputs.
  • Transfer Functions: Mapping an input prompt’s characteristics directly to an output response’s characteristics.
  • Markov Decision Processes: Structuring multi-step narrative generation or reasoning paths based on transition probabilities.

Probability & Information Theory

  • Shannon Entropy: Measuring the predictability, randomness, or information density of a text sequence.
  • Bayesian Inference: Updating the probability of a hypothesis as new textual evidence is provided sequentially.
  • Kullback-Leibler Divergence: Comparing the stylistic or thematic distributions of two different authors or corpora.
  • Hidden Markov Models: Decoding latent states, such as part-of-speech tagging or underlying intent, from observable text sequences.
  • Monte Carlo Simulations: Generating multiple narrative branches to evaluate the most probable logical outcomes of a scenario.

Graph Theory & Topology

  • Node Clustering: Grouping interconnected ideas or detecting echo chambers within conversational text.
  • Pathfinding (e.g., Dijkstra’s): Finding the most direct logical steps to reach a specific conclusion from a starting premise.
  • Bipartite Matching: Optimally aligning a set of textual questions with a set of unstructured textual answers.
  • Simplicial Complexes: Modeling multi-way, higher-order semantic relationships beyond binary pairs.

Abstract Algebra

  • Group Theory: Modeling the algebraic structure of grammar permutations and syntax transformations.
  • Homomorphisms: Mapping logical structures from one narrative domain to another while preserving the underlying relationships.
  • Isomorphisms: Detecting mathematically identical logical frameworks hidden within different surface-level texts.

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