ni'ai

The nesting of be/bei/be'o get= s a bit confusing after a while, and in some cases wastes syllables. For th= at reason, I've coined ni'ai as a member of NU to mean something like "x1 i= s the numerical result of calculation bridi under system / interpretation x2". Eimi (other nam= e?) has pointed out that this is identical to an idea that he has had, whic= h is "x1 is the result / value / truth of the first empty / marked place in= bridi under s= ystem / interpretation x2" (my defintion). Basically, "le ni'ai brivla x2 x3 ..." = =3D=3D "le bridi be x2 bei x3 ...": it's a transform of le + be/bei/be'o in= to a NU structure without the be/bei/be'o.

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So with ni'ai, we get structu= res like "sumji ny le ni'ai pilji li re li pai li xy" for "n + (2 * pi * x)= ".

Well, saving space is a nice goal. But I can suggest a= nother option, namely extending rules a bit.

I= f we make {be}=3D{be fe lo} and {bei}=3D{bei lo} then the example would bec= ome even more compact.

sumji ny lo pilji be re bei pai bei xy" fo= r "n + (2 * pi * x)".

Advantage: compact sentences, not for m= ath only. No new experimental cmavo added.

Disadvantage: camxes w= on't parse that. We need to make {be, bei} more powerful.

To li Or Not To li

Grammatically, in something like "x =3D t + 2" it i= s perfectly legal to do either "li xy" for the first part or just "xy". In = the first case, we are clearly talking about the variable x. In the second = case, we are using the pro-sumti xy to stand in for the variable x. The sec= ond case is therefore somewhat ambiguous; many things start with "x". Howev= er, in mathematical texts confusion is unlikely to result, so it probably d= oesn't matter very much, just be aware of it. It sometimes saves some sylla= bles, but not always (I prefer "sumji xy li ty" to "sumji xy boi ty", but t= hat's a stylistic preference).

So as you can see my answer is "Not to li".

Other examples:

Math: "tan(pi/2) =3D infini= ty"

CLL: "li na'u tanjo te'u vei pai fe'i re ve'o du li ci'i"

Robin: "le tanjo be le se pilji be li pai bei li re du li ci'i"
<= /div>

gleki: "lo tanjo be se pilji be pai bei re cu du ci'i"

English: "Length * Width * Depth =3D Volume"

CLL:"li ni'e ni clani te'u pi'i ni'e ni ganra te'u pi'i ni'e ni cond= i te'u du li ni'e ni canlu"

Robin:"le ni'ai pilji le ni clani kei= le ni ganra kei le ni condi cu du le ni canlu"

gleki: = "lo pilji be ni clani kei bei ni ganra kei bei ni condi cu du lo ni canlu"<= /div>

Math:"f(x) + 1"

Robin:"sumji li pa = le me fy be xy" or "sumji li pa le ni'ai me fy li xy" or similar.

gleki: "sumji li pa le me fy be xy" or "sumji li pa lo me fy be x= y" or similar.

Unsolved issues:

Robin's {gi'ui} looks very much like gua\sp= i's solution. If I had more time I would definitely delve into this issue. = Currently zo gi'ui mutce lo ka cizra.

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