Subject: Re: [lojban] fancu

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 03:24:54

Let's consider these four objects:

1- le du'u li xa sumji li vo li re
"(the fact) that 6 is the sum of 4 and 2"

2- le du'u makau sumji li vo li re
"what the sum of 4 and 2 is"

3- le du'u ce'u sumji ce'u ce'u
"(the rel. between x, y and z) that z is the sum of x and y"

4- le du'u makau sumji ce'u ce'u
"what the sum of x and y is"

We all (sort of) agree about the meanings of 1, 2 and 3.
What about 4? In what sense can I say that it is the sum function?

Given the values (4,2) for the variables (x,y), "the fact that
6 is the sum of 4 and 2" is what maps 6 to the pair (4,2).

For any given pair (x,y), there will be a corresponding fact
that maps that pair to the value of the sum.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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