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'''The Patrick Device''' is a [[scrying engine]].
'''The Patrick Device''' is a [[scrying engine]].


== Origin ==
The device was invented by [[Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction)]] to help [[Havelock]] visualize the consequences of his (Havelock's, not Patrick's) actions.


The device was invented by [[Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction)]] to help [[Havelock]] with certain [[Conflict resolution function|conflict resolution functions]].
The device is presumed to use some form of the [[Gnomon algorithm]], although this has not been investigated to date (May 2016).


== Gnomon Algorithm ==
== In the News ==


The device is presumed to use the [[Gnomon Algorithm]], although this has not been investigated.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Conflict resolution function]]
* [[Conflict resolution function]]
* [[Gnomon Algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Scrying engine]]
* [[Scrying engine]]


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Gnomon Algorithm]]
[[Category:Gnomon algorithm]]
[[Category:Mathematics]]
[[Category:Mathematics]]
[[Category:Engines]]
[[Category:Scrying engines]]

Latest revision as of 21:48, 22 June 2016

The Patrick Device is a scrying engine.

The device was invented by Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction) to help Havelock visualize the consequences of his (Havelock's, not Patrick's) actions.

The device is presumed to use some form of the Gnomon algorithm, although this has not been investigated to date (May 2016).

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference