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[Tlhingan-hol] mathematics terminology

Brad Wilson ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



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<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There have been discussions over the years regarding various mathematical terms. In light of the fact that I was recently "fooled" by some terms which I thought were canon, but were in fact "proposed", I thought a re-cap of what we know might be in order.</font></span></div>



<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think most would understand and not be be opposed to {mI'QeD} for mathematics, arithmetic, or any number-based science.</font></span></div>



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<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We already have canon terms for simple arithmetic functions:</font></span></div>



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<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">multiplcation {loSlogh boq'egh cha'; chen chorgh}</font></span></div>



<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">division </font></span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">{cha'logh boqHa''egh chorgh; chen loS}</span></div>



<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The commutative property&nbsp;of</span><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> addition and multiplication </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">states&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the "order" of the numbers doesn't change the result.</span></div>



<div style="color: black;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">{</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.8800001144409px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">wa' boq cha'; chen wej. cha' boq wa'; chen wej je.</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">}</span></font></div>



<div style="color: black;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.8800001144409px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">{cha'logh boq'egh wej; chen jav. wej'logh boq'egh cha'; chen jav je.}</font></span></div>



<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I state this {mI'QeD vIt} "truth" as {boqchuqDI' mI'mey, lenglaH bIH}.</span></div>



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<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Various terms for geometrical shapes have been well-documented and don't need to be re-stated.</span></div>



<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Geometry could be rendered {mey'QeD} or {yerghQeD} although these seems rather restricted.</span></div>



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<div style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some terms which have been proposed recently by Doug Henning in the fb group:</font></span></div>



<div><font color="#141823" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">{nagh mI'} for integer, I suppose because integers cannot&nbsp;"broken" into smaller numbers. I prefer something like {toghmeH mI'} or {mIw mI'} for integer.</span></font></div>



<div><font color="#141823" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">{lam mI'} for rational number, because they can be split (ie. factored?) practically indefinitely. This certainly isn't descriptive of the English term; a rational number is one that can be written as a fraction of integers. Since Maltz hasn't ventured into integers yet, this could prove a tricky area to navigate.</span></font></div>



<div><font color="#141823" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">{vaHbo' mI'} for real number, because of their continuity, or fluidity, through the entire number spectrum. If and when Maltz delves into real &amp; imaginary numbers, I would think something like {mI' teH} and {mI' ngeb} might be better suited.</span></font></div>



<div><font color="#141823" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">{mI' Sub} is a term I propose for prime number, one which cannot be factored into smaller numbers.</span></font></div>

<div>{ghom} works quite well for sets of numbers</div>

<div>{'ay'} could work for numerical factors. {jav 'ay'mey bIH wa' cha' je}, but this could be read as "6 parts" rather than "the parts of 6".</div>

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<div>DaH jIjattaH vaj jImev.</div>

<div>gheyIl</div>

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