Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:48:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801031648.LAA06359@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Colin Fine Sender: Lojban list From: Colin Fine Subject: Re: Set Theory Woes X-To: Lojban list To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <883185433.1523055.0@listserv.cuny.edu> Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 888 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Jan 3 11:48:18 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU vecu'u le notci po'u <883185433.1523055.0@listserv.cuny.edu> la Ashley Yakeley cu cusku di'e > >For instance, "lu'i ti joi ta" is the set {this, that} (two things the >speaker is pointing at). It's just as much a "mathematical" set as a >"linguistic" one. The "mathematical" operations 'number of members', >'union', 'intersection' etc. all apply the same way. No, lu'i ti joi ta is the singleton whose member is this-and-that. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Colin Fine 66 High Ash, Shipley, W Yorks. BD18 1NE, UK | | Tel: 01274 592696/0976 635354 e-mail: colin@kindness.demon.co.uk | | "Don't just do something! Stand there!" | | - from 'Behold the Spirit' (workshop) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------