From lojban+bncCML0xpmUARCtj7PtBBoEjjppVg@googlegroups.com Mon Apr 18 16:22:39 2011 Received: from mail-wy0-f189.google.com ([74.125.82.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QBxm6-0002xK-AR; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:38 -0700 Received: by wya21 with SMTP id 21sf6582045wya.16 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=+zZzT6HVCWwrAHXXT6kRHunpPqHDGdSFeSDMB/y91wY=; b=QLyiRzWyryHoXhbsJpJd2hSMSo4OaY3oec20j83TgBXUeG/UlODtFdbVWwiX+dfjgo fEkQhXCegeGRTtYIEONmPVzUx4EdEeK+amobxeB+sSrWFPie139A/0n3NI3LKgJ/fJAa ZBsFPR4dc9WB4L0xIPM/9tltCADF0CSVxjOHo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=kCVKorrADNKnvynM53Wg19GNYCfehE3I/FIFnz2Uld7APqE8/M8lXScHOiwk0WDKlM L17SmA78bjWdlgii5z6nV88zSkBGd2k2ZQS4ZU1SVUlgxYx0FXvNOzAXp6+4vDc3WSAb 77fU3gm2VizdPOBzXqfXzK9liY6Or+t3qrxdk= Received: by 10.216.5.208 with SMTP id 58mr455260wel.27.1303168941043; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:21 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.217.0.148 with SMTP id l20ls51568wes.0.gmail; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.121.208 with SMTP id r58mr755944weh.10.1303168940124; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.121.208 with SMTP id r58mr755943weh.10.1303168940089; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ww0-f48.google.com (mail-ww0-f48.google.com [74.125.82.48]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g17si1693440wbe.3.2011.04.18.16.22.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of blindbravado@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.48 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.48; Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so4349910wwi.5 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.24.73 with SMTP id w51mr5277314wew.72.1303168939853; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.13.211 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:22:19 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Mathematical epsilon From: Ian Johnson To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: blindbravado@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of blindbravado@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.48 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=blindbravado@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f1a194be078804a139a9f5 --001485f1a194be078804a139a9f5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Do you mean a literal infinitesimal, like in nonstandard analysis? Or just a number that we intuitively consider to be small but finite, like in standard analysis? mu'o mi'e .latros. On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: > .i me'o .Epsilon bu lo'o se pilno ci'e da poi cmaci ku'o fi lo sinxa be lo > namcu poi na'e jimte fi lo ka cmalu > .i ma xu namcu valsi bau la lojban smuni simsa > .i go'i fa zo so'u xu > > ni'o xe fanva zoi gy > > The symbol "epsilon" is sometimes used in math to represent an arbitrarily > small number. Is there a number word in lojban that means something similar? > Is "so'u" such a word? > > gy > -- > Alex R > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. --001485f1a194be078804a139a9f5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Do you mean a literal infinitesimal, like in nonstandard analysis? Or just = a number that we intuitively consider to be small but finite, like in stand= ard analysis?

mu'o mi'e .latros.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com= > wrote:
.i me'o .Epsilon bu lo'o se pilno ci'e da poi cmaci ku'o fi= lo sinxa be lo namcu poi na'e jimte fi lo ka cmalu
.i= ma xu namcu valsi bau la lojban smuni simsa
.i go'i fa zo so'u = xu

ni'o xe fanva zoi gy

The symbol "epsilon" is somet= imes used in math to represent an arbitrarily small number. Is there a numb= er word in lojban that means something similar? Is "so'u" suc= h a word?

gy
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