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Writing a Letter to ET

Transactions of IAA RAS, issue 22, 21–30 (2011)

Keywords: Extraterrestrial civilization, SETI and METI, message from outer space, space language

Abstract

The SETI experience searches for messages from outer space. The format and shape of those messages are unknown but it is expected they will be easy to detect from the background noise. Technology gives us the mean to broadcast our own messages in the direction of our other civilizations. The content of such message would be very important. Transmissions cannot last very long and there are so many targets that the message must be short but more elaborated than a simple “Hi there” while less complex than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. The message should have enough information to be interesting and provide a starting point to establish a conversation. This paper will discuss those points and provide a structure, based on Mathematics, for the Message's Primer. Furthermore, learning how to write efficient messages may help us in the deciphering of potential extraterrestrial ones

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S. Dumas. Writing a Letter to ET // Transactions of IAA RAS. — 2011. — Issue 22. — P. 21–30.

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  abstract = {The SETI experience searches for messages from outer space. The format and shape of those messages are unknown but it is expected they will be easy to detect from the background noise. Technology gives us the mean to broadcast our own messages in the direction of our other civilizations. The content of such message would be very important. Transmissions cannot last very long and there are so many targets that the message must be short but more elaborated than a simple “Hi there” while less complex than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. The message should have enough information to be interesting and provide a starting point to establish a conversation. This paper will discuss those points and provide a structure, based on Mathematics, for the Message's Primer. Furthermore, learning how to write efficient messages may help us in the deciphering of potential extraterrestrial ones},
  author = {S. Dumas},
  issue = {22},
  journal = {Transactions of IAA RAS},
  keyword = {Extraterrestrial civilization, SETI and METI, message from outer space, space language},
  pages = {21--30},
  title = {Writing a Letter to ET},
  url = {http://iaaras.ru/en/library/paper/739/},
  year = {2011}
}

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important. Transmissions cannot last very long and there are so many
targets that the message must be short but more elaborated than a
simple “Hi there” while less complex than the whole Encyclopedia
Britannica. The message should have enough information to be
interesting and provide a starting point to establish a conversation.
This paper will discuss those points and provide a structure, based
on Mathematics, for the Message's Primer. Furthermore, learning how
to write efficient messages may help us in the deciphering of
potential extraterrestrial ones
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