Re: Gregorian calendar jitter and lunar calendar in Wikipedia computus

Op 26-mrt-2009, om 14:53 heeft Palmen, KEV (Karl) het volgende  
geschreven:

> We do not seem to know which uniform correction computus was  
> proposed by
> Lichtenberg. It may have been one that has the 43 correction centuries
> spaced as evenly as possible. If so, the correlation would be low (but
> never completely absent) and so transmission of jitter would be  
> evident.

Lichtenberg claims that the Gregorian calendar has adjustable  
parameters.  Apparently the central formulae of his 2003 paper are:

(4) a[trop] = (1461/4 - s/(100*P)) d
(5) m[syn] = a[trop]/(235/19 - e/(3000*Q))

where s=3, P=4, e=43, Q=100 for the current version of the Gregorian  
calendar.

I think that this means that he distributes the net 43 epact  
corrections evenly over 10000 years.

In any case, I think he is misguided on many aspects.
--
Tom Peters