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0 pointsJdeBP6mo ago0 comments

… and no, since neither the enciphering nor the deciphering do a 1:1 mapping for all possible input code points.

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That's not a requirement. Pigpen is a substitution cipher.

JdeBPOP6mo ago

You will find that the pigpen cipher has a 1:1 mapping between its input alphabet and its output alphabet, and that a 1:1 mapping is a necessity for full invertibility.

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0 pointsJdeBP6mo ago0 comments

… and no, since neither the enciphering nor the deciphering do a 1:1 mapping for all possible input code points.

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amenhotep6mo ago

That's not a requirement. Pigpen is a substitution cipher.

JdeBPOP6mo ago

You will find that the pigpen cipher has a 1:1 mapping between its input alphabet and its output alphabet, and that a 1:1 mapping is a necessity for full invertibility.

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