Received: from localhost ([::1]:44086 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TYAzV-0008GY-TD; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:33:02 -0800 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:17149) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TXnq6-0007UQ-NZ for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:49:51 -0800 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=KMfY/S5o c=1 sm=0 a=sqYj6zCFaLTNQ95sbP+eeQ==:17 a=W3V8cEvdJLQA:10 a=MLQ-ixcEEswA:10 a=So9KD_FNS4sA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=FC-GPxTyHsQA:10 a=IaOdNyHyFfWQEbZCzm4A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=NWVoK91CQyQA:10 a=sqYj6zCFaLTNQ95sbP+eeQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 69.132.98.107 Received: from [69.132.98.107] ([69.132.98.107:42047] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 1A/18-01425-20C90A05; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:49:39 +0000 Received: from caracal.localnet (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 357E31D230 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:51:30 -0500 (EST) From: Pierre Abbat To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:49:36 -0500 Message-ID: <4924557.nHUln8INZG@caracal> User-Agent: KMail/4.8.5 (Linux/3.2.0-32-generic; KDE/4.8.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1386646.ZUz1NGUVUn@caracal> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:32:59 -0800 Subject: Re: [jbovlaste] Is mathematical terminology jargon? X-BeenThere: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: jbovlaste@lojban.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: jbovlaste-bounces@lojban.org Content-Length: 844 On Monday, November 05, 2012 14:12:47 Michael Turniansky wrote: > Yes, it's jargon, IMHO. > > As for limit in the mathematical sense: > > fancyjimte: j1 is the limit of function f1=j2 from domain f2=j3 to > range f3 (add fa'a piece if you want to specify direction of the limit) "limit" in the mathematical sense isn't "jimte"; that's "bound". A function is not necessarily bounded by its limit. For instance, sin(x)/x has a limit of 0 as x goes to infinity, but takes values both above and below 0. For "boundary", I'd say "pilka" or "skapi". An unbounded set can have a boundary. Pierre -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman. _______________________________________________ jbovlaste mailing list jbovlaste@lojban.org http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/jbovlaste