Significant Digits

Significant Digits
Author	Alexander Davis
Published	2015-2016
Website	Anarchy is Hyperbole
Read now	Web  •  ePub
Podcast	Podcast
Plot
Time of events	1999 (8th year) + past events
Main characters	Many

Seven years after Harry and Hermione first went to Hogwarts, their plans of world optimization face numerous challenges and powerful enemies.

Significant Digits is a novel-length fanfiction of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality written by Alexander Davis. It enriches the HPMOR universe with many characters, places, and story arcs. Significant Digits was referred to as "the best HPMOR continuation fic" by Eliezer Yudkowsky and is a must-read for anyone who loves HPMOR.

Significant Digits can be read online or as an ePub on the official website.

Languages

While written in English, Significant Digits uses or refers to a great number of (real-world) languages:

• Ancient Greek^W: poem excerpt at the end of Ch. 41
• Arabic^W: Hermione thinks of Cappadocians as speaking Greek and Arabic (Ch. 3)
• Egyptian^W??: The "Aa-Khem"
• Estonian^W: proverb in "Bonus: Digitizations"
• French^W: often spoken by Charlevoix e.g. in Ch. 11 + text at the end of Ch. 33
• German^W: Dueling wand positions, Walpurgisnacht, "Zwickmühle" (game term used by Meldh), title of Ch. 21, text at the end of Ch. 4
• Greek^W: spoken in Cappadocia and in particular in the fortress of Göreme (Ch. 3)
• Hebrew^W: text at the end of "Bonus: War"
• Hungarian^W: language of Grindelwald's forces (in "Bonus: War")
• Italian^W: Dueling foot positions
• Japanese^W: the Shichinin ("seven people") + several quotes (Ch. 10, 28)
• Korean^W: "수갑" ("handcuffs") said by Hyori in Ch. 11
• Latin^W: a number of phrases
• Mahican (Algonquin language^W): "Maschaechgo" ("red"), said by Berkshires^W redcaps (Ch. 11)
• Middle Dutch^W: "toverislot", the feeling of being magically exhausted
• Middle English^W: The Transmygracioun?
• Navajo^W: "naʼniłkaadí" ("herd"), used by Centaurs.
• Norman French^W: The Three sometimes converse in an otherwise extinct dialect of Norman French
• Old English^W: Beowulf^W quote at the beginning of Ch. 15
• Old Irish^W?: "Neladoracht"
• Proto-Indo-European^W: Meldh's chosen name + Schleicher's fable^W at the end of Ch. 24
• Russian^W: encountered by the Shichinin in Russia^W
• Somali^W: encountered by the Shichinin in Somalia^W
• Spanish^W when Hermione visits Argentina^W (Ch. 20)
• Swedish^W: "Magidepartementet" (which is also Danish^W and Norwegian^W) + poem at the end of Ch. 37
• Thai^W: when Pip visits the Wizarding Bank of Bangkok (Ch. 37)
• Turkish^W: according to the glossary, Greek and Turkish are the dominant languages of Cappadocia
• Welsh^W: likely "teulu" ("family") in Urg the Unclean's Togrod Teulu (in "Bonus: Goblins")

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