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'''John Venn''' (? - ?) is a | [[File:John_Venn_computing_diagram.jpg|thumb|Venn computing one of his famed [[Venn diagram|demon-hunting diagrams]].]]'''John Venn''' (? - ?) is a famed [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theorist]] and crime-fighter. | ||
Venn is the inventor of [[Venn diagram|Venn diagrams]], now widely used for detecting and repelling [[Demon (nonfiction)|demons]]. | |||
Venn | Venn diagrams also show all possible logical relations between a finite collection of different sets; see [[Venn diagram (nonfiction)]]. | ||
Venn often teams up with [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]] to find crime by inventing new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] paradigms. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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File:H. H. Holmes.jpg|link=H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|[[H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|H. H. Holmes]] must be stopped, says Venn. | |||
File:William_Blake_-_Sconfitta_-_Frontispiece_to_The_Song_of_Los.jpg|Writer/sorceror [[Roger Zelazny]] (working with artist [[William Blake]]) conjures a [[Venn diagram]] against an unnamed [[Demon (nonfiction)|Demon]]. | |||
File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|[[Georg Cantor]] to lecture on applications of [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] to [[Venn diagram|Venn diagrams]]. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[The Sigil]] | * [[The Sigil (crime fighter)]] | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 November 2016
Venn computing one of his famed demon-hunting diagrams.
John Venn (? - ?) is a famed Set theorist and crime-fighter.
Venn is the inventor of Venn diagrams, now widely used for detecting and repelling demons.
Venn diagrams also show all possible logical relations between a finite collection of different sets; see Venn diagram (nonfiction).
Venn often teams up with The Sigil to find crime by inventing new Set theory paradigms.
In the News
H. H. Holmes must be stopped, says Venn.
Writer/sorceror Roger Zelazny (working with artist William Blake) conjures a Venn diagram against an unnamed Demon.
Georg Cantor to lecture on applications of Set theory to Venn diagrams.
