From sentto-44114-3446-962924748-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Thu Jul 06 23:04:05 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 14787 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2000 23:04:04 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 6 Jul 2000 23:04:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 18627 invoked by uid 40001); 6 Jul 2000 23:05:54 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 18624 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2000 23:05:54 -0000 Received: from mw.egroups.com (207.138.41.167) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 6 Jul 2000 23:05:54 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3446-962924748-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.38] by mw.egroups.com with NNFMP; 06 Jul 2000 23:05:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 19416 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2000 23:05:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 6 Jul 2000 23:05:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d04.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.36) by mta1 with SMTP; 6 Jul 2000 23:05:47 -0000 Received: from BestATN@aol.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v27.10.) id a.22.813ccc7 (3874) for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:05:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <22.813ccc7.26966ac2@aol.com> To: lojban@egroups.com X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 109 From: BestATN@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:05:38 EDT Subject: [lojban] repeating decimals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/6/2000 08:20:38 Eastern Daylight Time, androsta writes: > > 1. How does one say "recurring", as in "0.3 recurring = 0.33333333..."? > Use ra'e, as in ex. 3.5, p. 433, in the Red Book: pi ci mu ra'e pa vo re bi mu ze .35142857142857... ( or 2.46/7 or 123/350) [or .35 ra'e 142857] So, your example of 0.3333333... would be no pi ra'e ci Steven Lytle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Missing old school friends? Find them here: http://click.egroups.com/1/5534/4/_/17627/_/962924746/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com