From cbogart@CSN.ORG Sat Mar 6 22:46:52 2010 From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: Numbers Date: Fri Mar 10 20:11:35 1995 Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Fri Mar 10 20:11:35 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Message-ID: >la xorxes. cusku di'e >> With the interpretation of the paper, 20ji'i30 would be a number >> between 2010 and 2099, or something like that. > >More precisely (but not necessarily more accurately), it expresses a random >variable whose range is 2000-2099 and whose measure of central tendency >(exactly which measure is unspecified) is 2030. It would not be a symmetrical function then, with a range and central tendency like that. Jorge's method allows arbitrary specification of either the range (20ji'i30 = 20 to 30) or the central tendency (ji'i20 = about 20), but not both. Yours allows for both (2ji'i5 = 20 to 29, about 25) but the range must coincide with exact powers of ten. pe'i for normal inexact human speech John's method is exact enough and more powerful than Jorge's, but it's also less intuitive. It could be, though, that that's malrarna intuition that could/should be unleared if there's a better way. ____ Chris Bogart \ / ftp://ftp.csn.org/cbogart/html/homepage.html Quetzal Consulting \/ cbogart@quetzal.com