From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Mar 29 10:26:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 43907 invoked from network); 29 Mar 2005 18:26:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 29 Mar 2005 18:26:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Mar 2005 18:26:12 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DGLPo-0005UT-9R for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:26:12 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DGLPJ-0005Sj-WE; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:25:44 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:25:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DGLP8-0005Sa-2D for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:25:30 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DGLP7-0005ST-Vz for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:25:30 -0800 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:25:29 -0800 Message-ID: <20050329182529.GL18022@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050318005803.74390.qmail@web41901.mail.yahoo.com> <20050329062330.GE18022@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <925d17560503290431154522f3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <925d17560503290431154522f3@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9699 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: [Archivist] Mathematical gismu. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24055 On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:31:10AM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:23:30 -0800, Robin Lee Powell > wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 04:58:02PM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > > --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > > > There are non-agentive (i.e. mathematical) gismu for plus > > > > (sumji) and multiply (pilji), but not for minus or divide, > > > > that I can find. > > > > > > {dilcu} for divsion. > > > > Only one kind, actually; in the vast majority of mathematical > > cases, no remainder is wanted. So we're kind of stuck there. > > {selpilji} then, like {selsumji} for difference. Those both make my head hurt. :-/ I guess they're the best we've got, though. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/