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Subject: Re: [lojban] periodic hexadecimal reminder
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 00:47:33 +0200
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From: "Adam Raizen" <araizen@newmail.net>

la kreig. cusku di'e

> >su'ipasu'ipasu'ipasu'ipa", etc. If you can be sure that a single
digit
> >is unambiguous (I've seen T and E used for the extra digits in
> >duodecimal, though in Lojban this probably won't be a problem up to
> >hex), then you could use (radix-1)+1.
>
> No, you could use radix-1. Radix-1+1 = radix, and is always pano.
Also, once
> you get to trying to say base 17 lojban has problems.

You can use the mex "ry. su'i pa" where ry is the radix minus one.
This unambiguously gives you the radix itself, assuming that the radix
minus one is unambiguous itself.

mu'o mi'e .adam.