[lojban-beginners] Re: numbers

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 10 February 2009 10:37:36 Roman Salmin wrote:
> > Can you figure out what number "cira'epi" is? It is valid, but in a kind
> > of mathematics you may not know about
>
>   I am not sure about meaning of "ra'e" by using the dictionary and your
> mail.
> Is "cira'epi" means literally infinity numbers of "3" and then "." ? then
> why "pi"?
> It can be transfinite number or supernatural.

It's -1/3 in the 10-adic numbers (fatysaclu be fi li 10 namcu). ...33333×3 
is ...99999, which is -1. 10 is not normally used as a p-adic base, though, 
since it isn't prime.

Pierre