From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sat Jul 08 07:59:50 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32709 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2000 14:59:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 8 Jul 2000 14:59:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.16) by mta1 with SMTP; 8 Jul 2000 14:59:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 1684 invoked by uid 0); 8 Jul 2000 14:59:49 -0000 Message-ID: <20000708145949.1683.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 200.42.154.106 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sat, 08 Jul 2000 07:59:49 PDT X-Originating-IP: [200.42.154.106] To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] 2 maths questions Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 07:59:49 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 3486 > >I'm surprised there isn't already a lujvo for "prime number". How about: > > > >ralnamcu (ralju+namcu) x1 is a prime number of mathematical field x2 >by > >convention x3 I always thought of "prime numbers" as {tamne namcu} because that is the primary meaning of "primo" in Spanish... :) >Speaking of domains, what should we call the mathematical terms group, >ring, >domain, body, and field? I'd go with: girzu, djine, tercei, xadni, foldi (tercei might be improved on, but that is the first lojban word I recall for "domain".) These words can never come into conflict with their ordinary meanings anyway. The only one that could be probelmatic is {girzu}, because other mathematical concepts might also want it. co'o mi'e xorxes ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com