.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

On 23 September 2012 01:31, la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@g= mail.com> wrote:

This=A0article on bridi math was written in 2010. No news since then?
May be we should develop bridi math after all?

Her= e are my comments.

ni'ai
The nesting o= f be/bei/be'o gets a bit confusing after a while, and in some cases was= tes syllables. For that reason, I've coined ni'ai as a member of NU= to mean something like "x1 is the numerical result of calculation=A0<= a href=3D"http://teddyb.org/robin/bridi" rel=3D"" style=3D"color:rgb(109,12= 9,157);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-colo= r:transparent" target=3D"_blank">bridi=A0under system / interpretation = x2". Eimi (other name?) has pointed out that this is identical to an i= dea that he has had, which is "x1 is the result / value / truth of the= first empty / marked place in=A0bridi= =A0under system / interpretation x2" (my defintion). Basically, &q= uot;le ni'ai=A0brivl= a x2 x3 ..." =3D=3D "le bridi be x2 bei x3 ...": it'= s a transform of le + be/bei/be'o into a NU structure without the be/be= i/be'o.
...
So with ni= 9;ai, we get structures 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 another= option, namely extending rules a bit.

If we m= ake {be}=3D{be fe lo} and {bei}=3D{bei lo} then the example would become ev= en more compact.

sumji ny lo pilji be re bei pai bei xy" for "n + (2 * pi * x= )".
Advantage: compact sentences, not for math only. No = new experimental cmavo added.
Disadvantage: camxes won't pars= e that. We need to make {be, bei} more powerful.

To li Or Not To li
Grammatically, in something like "x =3D t + 2" it is perfectly le= gal 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 s= econd case, we are using the pro-sumti xy to stand in for the variable x. T= he second case is therefore somewhat ambiguous; many things start with &quo= t;x". However, in mathematical texts confusion is unlikely to result, = so it probably doesn't matter very much, just be aware of it. It someti= mes saves some syllables, but not always (I prefer "sumji xy li ty&quo= t; to "sumji xy boi ty", but that's a stylistic preference).<= /p>

So as you can see m= y answer is "Not to li".

Other examples:=

Math: "tan(pi/2) =3D infinity"
CLL: "li na= 9;u tanjo te'u vei pai fe'i re ve'o du li ci'i"
<= div>Robin: "le tanjo be le se pilji be li pai bei li re du li ci'i= "

gleki: =A0 "lo tanjo be se pilji be pai bei re cu du ci'= ;i"

English:=A0"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 condi te'u du li ni= 9;e ni canlu"

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

gleki: =A0"lo pilji be ni c= lani kei bei ni ganra kei bei ni condi cu du lo ni canlu"

Math:"f(x) + 1"

Robin:"sumji l= i pa le me fy be xy" or "sumji li pa le ni'ai me fy li xy&quo= t; or similar.

gleki: =A0"sumji li pa le me fy be xy" o= r "sumji li pa lo me fy be xy" or similar.

Unsolved issues:

Robin's {gi'ui} looks very much like gua\spi'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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