From sentto-44114-21822-1080226034-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu Mar 25 06:47:56 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:47:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from n25.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.81]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6W96-0006rK-UM for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:47:49 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-21822-1080226034-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.192] by n25.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Mar 2004 14:47:17 -0000 X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 77717 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2004 14:37:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Mar 2004 14:37:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blackcat.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Mar 2004 14:37:16 -0000 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 521CF2CD; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:37:05 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban@yahoogroups.com User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200403250931.i2P9VLb16669@xahlee.org> <200403250748.31923.phma@webjockey.net> <20040325142907.GB2972@ccil.org> In-Reply-To: <20040325142907.GB2972@ccil.org> Message-Id: <200403250937.05063.phma@webjockey.net> X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 208.150.110.21 From: Pierre Abbat MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:37:05 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: fi'u was Re:lanzu usage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 7327 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thursday 25 March 2004 09:29, John Cowan wrote: > Pierre Abbat scripsit: > > li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa > > What does "fi'u fi'u" mean? I don't think we give defined meaning > to numbers with multiple fi'us in them. fi'u is (sqrt(5)+1)/2; fi'ufi'u is (sqrt(5)-1)/2. They are multiplicative inverses. To six places, they are 1.618034 and 0.618034. phma -- li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/