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[[File:John_Venn_computing_diagram.jpg|thumb|Venn computing one of his famed [[Venn diagram|diagrams]].]]'''John Venn''' (? - ?) is a famed [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theorist]] and crime-fighter. | [[File:John_Venn_computing_diagram.jpg|thumb|Venn computing one of his famed [[Venn diagram|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 is the inventor of [[Venn diagram|Venn diagrams]], now widely used for detecting and repelling [[Demon (nonfiction)|demons]]. | ||
Venn diagrams also show all possible logical relations between a finite collection of different sets; see [[Venn diagram (nonfiction)]]. | Venn diagrams also show all possible logical relations between a finite collection of different sets; see [[Venn diagram (nonfiction)]]. | ||
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File:Cantor set (four iterations).png|link=Set theory (nonfiction)|New [[Sigil (nonfiction)|sigil]] is perfect for [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]], say experts. | File:Cantor set (four iterations).png|link=Set theory (nonfiction)|New [[Sigil (nonfiction)|sigil]] is perfect for [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]], say experts. | ||
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]]. | |||
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Revision as of 14:58, 19 June 2016
Venn computing one of his famed 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.
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Writer/sorceror Roger Zelazny (working with artist William Blake) conjures a Venn diagram against an unnamed Demon.
