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Subject: [lojban] Re: [Archivist] Mathematical gismu.
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 04:58:02PM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> > There are non-agentive (i.e. mathematical) gismu for plus
> > (sumji) and multiply (pilji), but not for minus or divide, that
> > I can find.
> 
> {dilcu} for divsion.

Only one kind, actually; in the vast majority of mathematical cases,
no remainder is wanted.  So we're kind of stuck there.

-Robin

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