From cowan@ccil.org Sat Jul 08 09:38:12 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21927 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2000 16:38:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 8 Jul 2000 16:38:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO locke.ccil.org) (192.190.237.102) by mta1 with SMTP; 8 Jul 2000 16:38:10 -0000 Received: from localhost (cowan@localhost) by locke.ccil.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA13001; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:15:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:15:08 -0400 (EDT) To: Pierre Abbat Cc: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] 2 maths questions In-Reply-To: <00070806100701.08867@neofelis> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Pierre Abbat wrote: > Speaking of domains, what should we call the mathematical terms group, ring, > domain, body, and field? This is what fu'ivla were made for: the expression of highly precise terms drawn from a specific field of inquiry. I suggest that the terms either be Latinized and then prefixed by "cmacr-" or else Lojbanized directly from the English (as the plurality language of mathematics these days) and then prefixed. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux, de rapport nyait pas. -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit"