Re: Double Prime?

On Sunday 30 March 2003 01:30 am, Sarah Marie Parker-Allen wrote:
> I spoke to the person who first dubbed me "Sarah Double Prime" a while
back,
> and indicated to her the concern raised on this list about the
correctness
> of this title.  She reminded me that she was a math major and sent me
this
> link... (apparently I'm a derivative Sarah ^_^)
>
> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DoublePrime.html
>
> To keep this slightly on topic, has anyone here been brave enough to
come up
> with new mathemtical terminology and models for their conlang?
Jouevyaix Cherani:

 There is a placeholder knot that is used for zero in formal documents
(such as checks). It is pronounced "sae", related to the negative
particle. Negative numbers are 'inverted' numbers. Irrational numbers
like pi are 'flying' numbers, because they don't settle down. Imaginary
numbers are 'inside-out' numbers.


There are specific knots that mean 1, 2, and 4 that are used in the
positional notation: the symbols for the digits form 1 to 15 are built
from them in traditional sequences, though it is not incorrect to use
them in simple additive order.

There are also a few round number abbreviation knots which are not used
in the normal positional notation, only in narrative or as numbers
standing alone. They stand for 16, 64, 256, and 32 and 370
(4+16+64+256, pronounced 'trader-count'). There were some
mathematicians, engineers and scientists who were experimenting with
using the 16, 64 and even 256 glyphs to condense the representations of
very large numbers that needed to be reported exactly, but then the
Imperials showed up. 32 and 370 come from different way of counting on
fingers and tails. 370 is a traditional quantity for batches of small
items that are sold by the count rather than by weight, volume, etc.
370 is also an idiomatic term for 'lots'.
>
> Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
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plans,
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