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[lojban] Re: Many things, catching up





On Friday, September 29, 1995 6:25:11 AM UTC+4, jo...@phyast.pitt.edu wrote:
Goran:
> 2) About dimensions:
> Mathematically speaking, there are several things that get the name, and sorry
> if my terminology sounds a bit nonstandard, it's probably because it is:
>   a) as in "dimension of the space V": number of base vectors (dim V)
>   b) "dimensions of an object": any arbitrary vectors forming a base in
>      which the object can be represented.
> So, mu'a, the ball has one dimension-in-sense-a), it is 3.
> It has 3 dimensions-in-sense-b) REGARDED TOGETHER.
> It has infinite number of POSSIBLE vectors that COULD go in its base.
> So, you can't say that there exist exactly three vectors (or properties,
> more generally) that are dimensions of lo balci.

I agree with that. Now, what does {cimde} mean? It obviously is not
sense (a), since its x1 is not a number.

So, is {lo cimde} a vector of a base, or a complete base? I think we
can probably solve it by letting it be one of the vectors, and putting
the whole base in x3.


Excuse me, how can we expand cimde3 with something meaningful?


So, after all, it _is_ true that exactly three things are dimensions
of lo bolci... in a given base. {de zo'u ci da cimde lo bolci de}.

> 3) About sumti and quoting: zo'onaizo'o
> I didn't say zo mi sumti was wrong. I just said that at the time I didn't
> feel it was OK. Now I don't know... You think: If lonu klama cu selbri,
> only then I accept mi sumti. If you must say zo klama selbri, I'd stick
> with zo mi sumti. Don't know. Maybe not.

pe'i lo nu klama cu sumti gi'enai selbri

co'o mi'e xorxes

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