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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net>

>Use ra'e, as in ex. 3.5, p. 433, in the Red Book:
>
>pi ci mu ra'e pa vo re bi mu ze
>.35142857142857... ( or 2.46/7 or 123/350)
>[or .35 ra'e 142857]
>So, your example of 0.3333333... would be no pi ra'e ci

For the p-adic numbers or the objects called "brenoms" in French, I propose
using "sera'e". Thus, in base 7, li no pi ra'e pa dunli li mu sera'e pi
(0.1111... = ...55555.), both being 1/6.

phma