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Okay, that makes sense.

stevo

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM, vitci'i <celestialcognition@gmail.com>wro=
te:

> On 07/11/2012 09:47 PM, MorphemeAddict wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me why =ABgei=BB has such a weird argument order (expon=
ential
> > notation trinary mathematical operator: exponential order of
> > magnitude/value/base; [b * (c to the a power)])?
> >
> > AIUI: gei li 3 li 5 li 10 =3D 5*(10^3) =3D 5000
> >
> > I would expect the 3 and 10 values to be together, and specifically, in
> the
> > order 5 10 3.
>
> Elision.
>
> You can omit arguments from the end of {gei}, in which case they take
> default values: 10 for the base, and 1 for the coefficient. Thus:
>
> gei li 3      =3D     10^3
> gei li 3 li 5 =3D 5 * 10^3
>
> This allows {gei} to be used not just for exponentiation, but for
> scientific notation and generally for concisely expressing approximate
> values of very large numbers.
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Okay, that makes sense.=A0<div><br></div><div>stevo<br><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote">On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM, vitci&#39;i <span dir=3D"ltr">=
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:celestialcognition@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">celes=
tialcognition@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">On 0=
7/11/2012 09:47 PM, MorphemeAddict wrote:<br>
&gt; Can anyone tell me why =ABgei=BB has such a weird argument order (expo=
nential<br>
&gt; notation trinary mathematical operator: exponential order of<br>
&gt; magnitude/value/base; [b * (c to the a power)])?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; AIUI: gei li 3 li 5 li 10 =3D 5*(10^3) =3D 5000<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I would expect the 3 and 10 values to be together, and specifically, i=
n the<br>
&gt; order 5 10 3.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Elision.<br>
<br>
You can omit arguments from the end of {gei}, in which case they take<br>
default values: 10 for the base, and 1 for the coefficient. Thus:<br>
<br>
gei li 3 =A0 =A0 =A0=3D =A0 =A0 10^3<br>
gei li 3 li 5 =3D 5 * 10^3<br>
<br>
This allows {gei} to be used not just for exponentiation, but for<br>
scientific notation and generally for concisely expressing approximate<br>
values of very large numbers.<br>
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