15. Character Frequencies (Denning) 0.002 z 25 0.015 g 6 0.020 y 24 0.060 s 18 0.030 m 12 0.020 f 5 0.005 x 23 0.065 r 17 0.035 l 11 0.130 e 4 0.015 w 22 0.002 q 16 0.005 k 10 0.040 d 3 0.010 v 21 0.020 p 15 0.005 j 9 0.030 c 2 0.030 u 20 0.080 o 14 0.065 i 8 0.015 b 1 0.090 t 19 0.070 n 13 0.060 h 7 0.080 a 0
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17. Correlation: ( i ) for 0 ≤ i ≤ 25 0.0430 25 0.0660 6 0.0316 24 0.0299 18 0.0325 12 0.0190 5 0.0370 23 0.0392 17 0.0262 11 0.0252 4 0.0380 22 0.0322 16 0.0635 10 0.0575 3 0.0517 21 0.0226 15 0.0267 9 0.0410 2 0.0302 20 0.0535 14 0.0202 8 0.0364 1 0.0315 19 0.0520 13 0.0442 7 0.0482 0 ( i ) i ( i ) i ( i ) i ( i ) i
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26. Repetitions in the Example Ciphertext 2, 3 6 124 118 CH 3 3 97 94 SV 2, 3 6 83 77 NE 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 48 117 69 PC 7, 7 49 105 56 QO 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 72 122 50 MOC 2, 2, 11 44 87 43 AA 2, 2, 2, 3 24 63 39 FV 2, 3, 5 30 54 24 OEQOOG 5 5 27 22 OO 2, 5 10 15 5 MI Factors Distance End Start Letters