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cmavo xo (PA5)

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question word to which the answer is a number

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.i xo jbopre cu ka'e jai galfi lo spofu gusni balji .i re mei pa jdice be lo du'u galfi fi ma kau be'o ku ce pa facki be lo du'u ma kau balji gi'e te gusni lo spofu


"How many Lojbanists does it take to change a broken light bulb? Two, one to figure out what to change it into, and the other to figure out what kind of bulb emits broken light."


doi la vensa la birti pu te preti fi lo du'u la'u xokau lo fraso prenu noi ji'a lojbo cu zasti gi'e kucli lo du'u xukau ba xamgu zukte lo zu'o fanva zo'e la lojban lo fraso (mildly edited)

Vensa, Birti asked how many French people who are also Lojbanists exist and wonder if anybody will translate French things to Lojban.

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cmavo ci'i (PA5)

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infinity; when followed by a number, denotes a transfinite cardinal, such as ℵ{SUB()}0{SUB}. As multiplication and exponentiation of transfinite ordinals is incompatible with that of cardinals, a new cmavo should be added for a transfinite ordinal, such as ω{SUB()}0{SUB}.

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ni'u ci'i prenu cu prami mi

There are an infinitely negative number of people that love me. (best approximation)


du'o la .gugl. lo cmaci prenu cu tugni fi lo du'u me'o ci'i vu'u ci'i na se smuni

Google knows that math people agree with the position that infinity minus infinity is uninterpretable.

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cmavo ka'o (PA5)

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i, imaginary unit. When followed by a real number, multiplies that number by i. If four real numbers are separated by three ka'o, the number is a quaternion, with the components in the order 1, i, j, k.

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saclu fi'ure loi lujna'u li paka'opa .iku'i saclu piro loi lujna'u li ni'upaka'opa
"Only half the complex numbers can be represented in base 1+i, but all complex numbers can be represented in base i-1."

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cmavo pai (PA5)

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pi, circumference divided by diameter

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.i li pai namcu .i loi pai gusta ku cizra se viska

Pi is a number. There are pi restaurants which collectively are seen very strangely.

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cmavo te'o (PA5)

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e, Euler's number

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li te'o te'a ka'o bi'e pi'i pai su'i pa du li no
"e{SUP()}i *𝜋{SUP}+1=0"

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cmavo tu'o (PA5)

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null operand; inspecific number or placeholder digit

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ta'o ji'a mi pu za gunka tu'o le lojbo samrxuebe pagbu

Also, by the way, I worked on some number of web pages a while ago.


doi broca mi gleki tu'o lo nu do na ca bilma

Broca, I am glad about X number of times you aren't ill.


mi ba'aru'e krici le nu da'i byfy cuxna tu'o lo denpa bu

I kinda expect to believe that supposedly the BPFK would select some number of full-stops.


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