<anchor xml:id=3D"c18e2d1"/>

pa no @@ -2227,70 +2227,68 @@ =20 =20 =20 va'a in infix form. We would use: <anchor xml:id=3D"c18e14d1"/>

li tu'o va'a ny. du li no vu'u ny. - =20 - =20 The-number (null) additive-inverse n equals the-number zero= minus n.

-n =3D 0 - n

operandstoo few for infix operation null operandfor in= fix operations with too few operands tu'ofor infix operati= ons with too few operands The=20 tu'o fulfills the grammatical requirement for a left op= erand for the infix use of=20 =20 va'a, even though semantically none is needed or wanted= . gei= exponential not= ationwith gei scientific notationwith= gei geias a binary operator Findi= ng a suitable example of=20 ge'a requires exhibiting a ternary operator, and ternar= y operators are not common. The operator=20 gei, however, has both a binary and a ternary use. As a= binary operator, it provides a terse representation of scientific (also ca= lled=20 exponential) notation. The first operand of=20 gei is the exponent, and the second operand is the mant= issa or fraction: <anchor xml:id=3D"c18e14d2"/>

li cinonoki'oki'o du li bi gei ci The-number three-zero-zero-comma-comma equals the-number ei= ght scientific three. -

300,000,000 =3D 3 =D7 10

300,000,000 =3D 3 =D7 10 8

3 ( 10^8example geirationale for order of places scientifi= c notationrationale for order of places Why are the arguments to=20 gei in reverse order from the conventional symbolic not= ation? So that=20 gei can be used in forethought to allow easy specificat= ion of a large (or small) imprecise number: <anchor xml:id=3D"c18e14d3"/>

gei reno (scientific) two-zero -

10

1020

10^20example floating point numbersexpressing exponential = notationwith base other than 10 geias= a ternary operator operandstoo many for infix operation null = operatorfor infix operations with too many operands ge'afor infix operations with too many operands<= /indexterm> Note, however, that although 10 is far and away the most common= exponent base, it is not the only possible one. The third operand of=20 gei, therefore, is the base, with 10 as the default val= ue. Most computers internally store so-called=20 floating-point numbers using 2 as the exponent base. (T= his has nothing to do with the fact that computers also represent all integ= ers in base 2; the IBM 360 series used an exponent base of 16 for floating = point, although each component of the number was expressed in base 2.) Here= is a computer floating-point number with a value of 40: =20 <anchor xml:id=3D"c18e14d4"/>

papano bi'eju'u re gei pipanopano bi'eju'u re ge'a re (one-one-zero base 2) scientific (point-one-zero-one-zero b= ase 2) with-base 2 -

.1010

.1010 2 x 2 110 =
2

Vectors and matrices The following cmavo are discussed in this section:

jo'i JOhI @@ -3124,21 +3122,21 @@ ni'enu'a, which transforms the operator i= nto a matching selbri and then the selbri into an operand. =20 te'u ma'o operatorconverting from operand operandconvertin= g into operator conversion of operand into operator To ch= ange an operand into an operator, we use the cmavo=20 ma'o, already introduced as a means of changing a lerfu= string such as=20 fy. into an operator. In fact,=20 ma'o can be followed by any mekso operand, using the el= idable terminator=20 te'u if necessary. ma'opotential ambiguity caveat There is a poten= tial semantic ambiguity in=20 ma'o fy. [te'u] if=20 fy. is already in use as a variable: it c= omes to mean=20 - the function whose value is always f. Ho= wever, mathematicians do not normally use the same lerfu words or strings a= s both functions and variables, so this case should not arise in practice.<= /para> + the function whose value is always f= . However, mathematicians do not normally use the same lerfu words or strin= gs as both functions and variables, so this case should not arise in practi= ce.

Four score and seven: a mekso problem =20 Four score and se= venexample Gettysburg Addressexample<= /secondary> meks= oand literary translation Abra= ham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address begins with the words=20 =20 =20 Four score and seven years ago. This section exhibits s= everal different ways of saying the number=20 =20 four score and seven. (A=20 diff --git a/todocbook/19.xml b/todocbook/19.xml index 7cfa2c6..c8316f7 100644 --- a/todocbook/19.xml +++ b/todocbook/19.xml @@ -160,21 +160,21 @@ topic-commentdescription In Chinese, the normal= sentence form is different: a topic is stated, and a comment about it is m= ade. (Japanese also has the concept of a topic, but indicates it by attachi= ng a suffix; other languages also distinguish topics in various ways.) The = topic says what the sentence is about: <anchor xml:id=3D"c19e4d2"/>

zhe4 xiao1= xi2 wo3 zhi1dao le -- heh - -

300,000,000 =3D 3 =D7 10

10

.1010

30,000,000 =3D 3 =D7 10

(n + 1)(n + 1) =3D n

-- misisng bits - - the function whose value is always f -- needs varn= ame - -19.xml: - - As for this news, I knew it. -- en - 20.xml: =20 -- should be chapter-relative-clauses-= section-vuho =20 21.xml: =20 . -- should be =20 commit cf3a778b11c40fbade666f02cb31e85cd96d7d4e Author: Robin Lee Powell Date: Fri Mar 11 15:21:19 2011 -0800 Chapter 17 tweaks. diff --git a/todocbook/17.xml b/todocbook/17.xml index 39f2327..7404945 100644 --- a/todocbook/17.xml +++ b/todocbook/17.xml @@ -696,24 +696,24 @@ ty. .ubu vy. xy. .ybu zy. <anchor xml:id=3D"c17e8d1"/>

.y'y.bu .abu ny. vo zy. .ibu vo h a n - 4 + 4 z i - 4 + 4

han^{4}zi^{4} lerfu wor= ds with numeric digitsgrammar considerations numeric digit= s in lerfu wordsgrammar considerations The cmavo=20 vo is the Lojban digit=20 4. It is grammatical to intersperse digits (of selma'o = PA) into a string of lerfu words; as long as the first cmavo is a lerfu wor= d, the whole will be interpreted as a string of lerfu words. In Chinese, th= e digits can be used to represent tones. Pinyin is more usually written usi= ng accent marks, the mechanism for which was explained in=20 =20 . The Japanese company named=20 Mitsubishi in English is spelled the same way in romaji= , and could be spelled out in Lojban thus: @@ -1894,35 +1894,35 @@ ty. .ubu vy. xy. .ybu zy. ogonek .ogoniek. bu hacek .xatcek. bu - ligatured fi fi + ligatured fi tei fy. ibu foi =20 Danish/Latin ae ae tei .abu .ebu foi - Dutch ij ij + Dutch ij tei .ibu jy. foi =20 - German es-zed es-zed + German es-zed tei sy. zy. foi

Proposed lerfu words for radio communication =20 Phonetic Alphabet= proposed lerfu words for ICAO Phonetic Alphabet<= secondary>proposed lerfu words for noisy environmentspropo= sed lerfu words for radio communicationproposed lerfu word= s for lerfu wordsproposed for radio communication lerfu words<= /primary>proposed for noisy environments= There is a set of English words which are used, by international agreement= , as lerfu words (for the English alphabet) over the radio, or in noisy sit= uations where the utmost clarity is required. Formally they are known as th= e=20 diff --git a/todocbook/TODO b/todocbook/TODO index af2310f..d6873d1 100644 --- a/todocbook/TODO +++ b/todocbook/TODO @@ -19,30 +19,20 @@ From IRC: =20 < vensa> rlpowell: are you aware of the TYPO at the bottm of this CLL page= ? http://dag.github.com/cll/10/16/ < rlpowell> Heh. I get an internal server error. :) < rlpowell> Can you paste? < vensa> subordinate: X TENSE le nu Y -- that's the prope= r part < vensa> forethought coordinate: TENSE+gi X gi Y -- thats the bad par= t pe'i < rlpowell> What do you think the problem is? < kebukebu> (They are said to be equivalent) < vensa> (should be TENSE+gi *Y* gi *X*) =20 -17.xml: - - ligatured fi fi -- and several followig -- doubled - - h - a - n - 4 - -- should not be superscript - 18.xml: =20

123 ignore

-- heh =20

300,000,000 =3D 3 =D7 10

10

.1010

30,000,000 =3D 3 =D7 10

(n + 1)(n + 1) =3D n

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