From xod@sixgirls.org Fri Apr 27 13:07:31 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@shiva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 27 Apr 2001 20:07:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 56233 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2001 20:06:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 27 Apr 2001 20:06:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shiva.sixgirls.org) (63.219.55.100) by mta1 with SMTP; 27 Apr 2001 20:06:28 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by shiva.sixgirls.org (8.11.3+3.4W/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3RK6Rv14837 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:06:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:06:27 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Chemistry In-Reply-To: <0104271557550H.01225@neofelis> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Value Yourself On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > >I think you have it exactly right: chemical names are best expressed using > >Mex, and Mex almost certainly is robust enough to handle it. You need to > >define operators for the various forms of chemical interaction (we'll let > >the chemists do that - there are plenty of ways to make operators). A > >chemical formula is nothing more than a mathematical expression. > > Using mex sounds good. I think that we'll need to start using some cmavo beyond > CV and CVV for this, as cmavo space is pretty full, and most of the chemistry > operators are different from mathematical ones. How about a chemical cmavo prefix (xui')? that prefixes all your chemical-specific cmavo? > The atoms of mathematical expressions are numbers; those of chemical > expressions are atoms, as well as numbers. Elements have names which are > brivla; they also have symbols, which are one or two letters. Then there are > chemical groups, such as CHO and NH2 and CN, which have their own names. Any > idea how to encode all this in mex? Not really. ------ 1.Why are you measuring the measure? The measure is the same. Even after Great One, the bones will be broken. I am telling you. Relic should believe me. 2.Where after religion you believe in religion and wish that to Ora. Emptiness is that what Baby God's Eye is fighting for.