tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 12 07:25:29 2000
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Re: math questions / speculations
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: math questions / speculations
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:25:28 CDT
david joslyn writes:
> Let me (a Beginner) take these one by one.
>
> A + B --> B boq A = "A aligns with B."
> A x B --> A-logh boq'egh B = "B aligns with itself A times."
>
> So far, so good.
>
really? if you translate {boq} as "is added to", then
{boq'egh} would be "is added to itself" and {N-logh
boq'egh x} would result in (N+1) * x (you add x to itself
N times, but once it is already there, so to speak)
the same goes of course for the "ally with" interpretation.
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]