[Tlhingan-hol] mathematics terminology

[Bellerophon, modeler]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Brad Wilson <bmacliam at aol.com> wrote:
>
> As for {juvmeH mI'}, things are rarely "measured" in integers, so using this for real numbers seems logical. Rational vs irrational numbers would be subsets of the real numbers. I like your idea of using "precision of measurement" to differentiate these. I could see {mI' pup} used for rational numbers, ie. those that can be measured with precision.
>
> I would expect {juvmeH mI'} to correspond to rational numbers, since the
result of a measurement is always a rational number. I wonder what the
words would be for precision, error, and tolerance. One word used in this
context might be {DIch}, since the point is to make certain the measurement
matches the actual quantity within a known margin of error. {Qagh} might
not be the word for this type of error: why would being able to determine
the distance to the target within 0.1 kellicams have any relationship to
forgetting to seal the airlock?
~'eD
-- 
My modeling blog:          http://bellerophon-modeler.blogspot.com/
My other modeling blog:  http://bellerophon.blog.com/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kli.org/pipermail/tlhingan-hol/attachments/20150107/d3b3672a/attachment.html>