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BP126 One large and one small object vs. not so.
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP121 BP122 BP123 BP124 BP125  *  BP127 BP128 BP129 BP130 BP131

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT number (info | search),
separation_of_joined_objects (info | search),
size (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP125 One protrusion and one indentation of the same shape vs. not so.
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP120 BP121 BP122 BP123 BP124  *  BP126 BP127 BP128 BP129 BP130

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT indentation (info | search),
protrusion (info | search),
same_shape (info | search),
same (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP124 Similar textures vs. dissimilar textures.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP119 BP120 BP121 BP122 BP123  *  BP125 BP126 BP127 BP128 BP129

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT same_feature (info | search),
same (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP123 Similar shapes vs. dissimilar shapes.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP118 BP119 BP120 BP121 BP122  *  BP124 BP125 BP126 BP127 BP128

KEYWORD

noisy, traditional

CONCEPT similar_shape (info | search),
similar (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP122 Line divides interior into two regions vs. not so.
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP117 BP118 BP119 BP120 BP121  *  BP123 BP124 BP125 BP126 BP127

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT separated_regions (info | search),
interior_exterior (info | search),
number (info | search),
tiling (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP121 Objects below match their "symbols" above, according to one "code" versus objects below match their "symbols" above, according to another "code."
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COMMENTS

Circle: VV; square: VΛ; triangle: ΛΛ ; blank: ΛV vs. circle: ΛΛ; square: ΛV; triangle: VV; blank: VΛ.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP116 BP117 BP118 BP119 BP120  *  BP122 BP123 BP124 BP125 BP126

KEYWORD

arbitrary, consistentsymbols, traditional

CONCEPT absence_as_presence (info | search),
correspondence (info | search),
sides_of_line (info | search),
triangle (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP120 All turns are in one direction and rectangular loop exists vs. turns in different directions and no rectangular loop exists.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP115 BP116 BP117 BP118 BP119  *  BP121 BP122 BP123 BP124 BP125

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT all (info | search),
turn_orientation (info | search),
tracing_line_or_curve (info | search),
turning_direction (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP119 A small correction will result in a single circle vs. no small correction will result in a single circle.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP114 BP115 BP116 BP117 BP118  *  BP120 BP121 BP122 BP123 BP124

KEYWORD

fuzzy, traditional

CONCEPT existence (info | search),
imperfection_small (info | search)

WORLD

curves_drawing [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP118 No cycle vs. a cycle exists.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP113 BP114 BP115 BP116 BP117  *  BP119 BP120 BP121 BP122 BP123

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT arrow (info | search),
cyclic_path (info | search),
existence (info | search),
path (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

BP117 Triangle points to center of circle vs. triangle does not point to center of circle.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP112 BP113 BP114 BP115 BP116  *  BP118 BP119 BP120 BP121 BP122

KEYWORD

traditional

CONCEPT between (info | search),
on_line_or_curve (info | search),
midpoint (info | search),
pointing_to (info | search),
center_of_circle (info | search),
center (info | search),
imagined_point (info | search),
imagined_line_or_curve (info | search),
imagined_entity (info | search),
triangle_arrow (info | search),
triangle (info | search)

AUTHOR

Douglas R. Hofstadter

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