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Discussion of "su'ai"
Comment #1:
significant zeros
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Jonathan (Fri Jul 10 11:08:13 2015)
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How to distinguish between significant zeros and non-significant zeros?
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Comment #2:
Re: significant zeros
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Jonathan (Fri Jul 10 11:41:05 2015)
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Hmm... I suggest: default is trailing zeros before the decimal point aren't significant, unless marked with su'ai *within* the number. Thus:
su'ai renonono has one sigfig su'ai renosu'ainono has two sigfigs (first su'ai possibly elidable?)
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Comment #3:
Re: significant zeros
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Curtis W Franks (Fri Jul 10 14:34:33 2015)
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spheniscine wrote: > Hmm... I suggest: default is trailing zeros before the decimal point aren't > significant, unless marked with su'ai *within* the number. Thus: > > su'ai renonono has one sigfig > su'ai renosu'ainono has two sigfigs (first su'ai possibly elidable?)
I was going to leave it up to context/mekso rules. This word is sort of general purpose/non-committed to a specific interpretation; it just has a general meaning and the context/rules of interpretation specify how that meaning is applied.
Your suggestion can be fine.
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Comment #4:
Re: significant zeros
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Curtis W Franks (Fri Jul 10 14:43:51 2015)
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spheniscine wrote: > Hmm... I suggest: default is trailing zeros before the decimal point aren't > significant, unless marked with su'ai *within* the number. Thus: > > su'ai renonono has one sigfig > su'ai renosu'ainono has two sigfigs (first su'ai possibly elidable?)
I think that your suggestion is a good one though, for a rule of interpretation. I think that the first su'ai probably is elidable in the second example. I am not sure in which context there would be mixed precision- either a number is the result of experimentation or it is not.
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