From sentto-44114-3452-962935559-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Fri Jul 07 02:04:10 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 15019 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2000 02:04:09 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 7 Jul 2000 02:04:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 23885 invoked by uid 40001); 7 Jul 2000 02:06:00 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 23882 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2000 02:06:00 -0000 Received: from mv.egroups.com (208.50.144.81) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 7 Jul 2000 02:06:00 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3452-962935559-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.35] by mv.egroups.com with NNFMP; 07 Jul 2000 03:05:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 21902 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2000 02:05:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 7 Jul 2000 02:05:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.oltronics.net) (204.213.85.8) by mta1 with SMTP; 7 Jul 2000 02:05:58 -0000 Received: from neofelis (root@localhost) by mail.oltronics.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA32621 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:05:54 -0400 X-BlackMail: 207.15.133.51, neofelis, , 207.15.133.51 X-Authenticated-Timestamp: 22:05:55(EDT) on July 06, 2000 To: lojban@egroups.com X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] References: <22.813ccc7.26966ac2@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <22.813ccc7.26966ac2@aol.com> Message-Id: <00070622055102.00877@neofelis> From: Pierre Abbat 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 22:00:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] repeating decimals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >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 For the p-adic numbers or the objects called "brenoms" in French, I propose using "sera'e". Thus, in base 7, li no pi ra'e pa dunli li mu sera'e pi (0.1111... = ...55555.), both being 1/6. phma ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Never lose a file again. Protect yourself from accidental deletes, overwrites, and viruses with @Backup. Try @Backup it's easy, it's safe, and it's FREE! Click here to receive 300 MyPoints just for trying @Backup. http://click.egroups.com/1/6349/4/_/17627/_/962935556/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com