From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Mar 21 10:42:38 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FLloA-0006fp-HS for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:18 -0800 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.197]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FLlo8-0006fC-KN for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:18 -0800 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id n29so54223nzf for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:14 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=Jtvgv8+vIoHam4mxn9CZXAqSknCMdSJgC0CKMu+RxWv57M/LNHZ4OSUxj5U60wdVM1DRH9jpuShvA9pR9ZBwKEA+fmRZslgSvLk42W0nL4YFN1xMXZITF4ApoPL4dWIj7QrPgTPUOzBFJdyhq4SdxCbeKPRXdDtOu70n2icKUGA= Received: by 10.37.2.80 with SMTP id e80mr949347nzi; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.27 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:42:14 -0500 From: "Matt Arnold" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] ce'u: lambda MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_13384_6084510.1142966534588" X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-archive-position: 11198 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------=_Part_13384_6084510.1142966534588 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Several months ago, when I got to the flashcard for {ce'u} in my Supermemo database, I saw that the gloss word was "lambda". I looked to the note of the card to see what that meant. It read: "pseudo-quantifier binding a variable within an abstraction that represents an open place." Without further explanation this left me as ignorant as I had been before. When I finished laughing in delight at the elaborately gnarled obscurity of my second language, I skipped over the card to leave i= t for last (or nearly last, at least before mekso). It now appears that I need it more than I expected. I have been surprised t= o see {ce'u} used multiple times in jboselkei. In practical terms, what does it mean to be a pseudo-quantifier binding a variable within an abstraction that represents an open place? -epkat ------=_Part_13384_6084510.1142966534588 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Several months ago, when I got to the flashcard for {ce'u} in my Supermemo = database, I saw that the gloss word was "lambda".

I looke= d to the note of the card to see what that meant. It read: "pseudo-qua= ntifier binding a variable within an abstraction that represents an open pl= ace." Without further explanation this left me as ignorant as I had be= en before. When I finished laughing in delight at the elaborately gnarled o= bscurity of my second language, I skipped over the card to leave it for las= t (or nearly last, at least before mekso).

It now appears that I need it more than I expected. I have been sur= prised to see {ce'u} used multiple times in jboselkei. In practical terms, = what does it mean to be a pseudo-quantifier binding a variable within an ab= straction that represents an open place?

-epkat
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