Return-path: Envelope-to: jbovlaste-admin@lojban.org Delivery-date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:46:40 -0700 Received: from [192.168.123.254] (port=52016 helo=jiten.lojban.org) by 4f8f24ca47b9 with smtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1t5bJd-0003oV-1u for jbovlaste-admin@lojban.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:46:40 -0700 Received: by jiten.lojban.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:46:37 +0000 From: "Apache" To: curtis289@att.net Reply-To: webmaster@lojban.org Subject: [jvsw] Definition Edited At Word mai'u -- By krtisfranks Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:46:37 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.0 X-Spam_score_int: -9 X-Spam_bar: - In jbovlaste, the user krtisfranks has edited a definition of "mai'u" in the language "English". Differences: 5,5c5,5 < Maps any positive number to 1; maps any negative number to -1. All other properties are purely by convention (including its behavior at 0 and in the complex plane). It should probably not be generalized to include the Levi-Civita symbol or other "sign" functions. --- > Defined on the space which is comprised of the set of exactly all real numbers equipped with usual ordering convention. This function maps any positive input number to $1$ and maps any negative number to $-1$. All other properties are purely by convention (including its behavior at $0$ and in the complex plane if so extended; the usual cultural default convention is for it to map $0$ to $0$ and variation from this convention should be made very clear). It should probably not be generalized to include the Levi-Civita symbol or other "sign" functions. See also: "{mai'u'au}", "{mai'u'e}", "{mai'u'ei}". 11,11d10 < Word: sign function, In Sense: \n12a12,12 \n> Word: sign function, In Sense: Old Data: Definition: unary mekso operator: signum function Notes: Maps any positive number to 1; maps any negative number to -1. All other properties are purely by convention (including its behavior at 0 and in the complex plane). It should probably not be generalized to include the Levi-Civita symbol or other "sign" functions. Jargon: Gloss Keywords: Word: sign function, In Sense: Word: sgn, In Sense: Word: signum function, In Sense: Place Keywords: New Data: Definition: unary mekso operator: signum function Notes: Defined on the space which is comprised of the set of exactly all real numbers equipped with usual ordering convention. This function maps any positive input number to $1$ and maps any negative number to $-1$. All other properties are purely by convention (including its behavior at $0$ and in the complex plane if so extended; the usual cultural default convention is for it to map $0$ to $0$ and variation from this convention should be made very clear). It should probably not be generalized to include the Levi-Civita symbol or other "sign" functions. See also: "{mai'u'au}", "{mai'u'e}", "{mai'u'ei}". Jargon: Gloss Keywords: Word: sgn, In Sense: Word: sign function, In Sense: Word: signum function, In Sense: Place Keywords: You can go to to see it.