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subscripts of pi'a and sa'i #455

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phma opened this issue Mar 19, 2021 · 6 comments
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subscripts of pi'a and sa'i #455

phma opened this issue Mar 19, 2021 · 6 comments
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phma commented Mar 19, 2021

Section 18.15 states "Matrices of more than two dimensions can be built up using either pi'a or sa'i with an appropriate subscript numbering the dimension." Which subscript is pi'a and which is sa'i?

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lagleki commented Mar 19, 2021 via email

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phma commented Mar 19, 2021

Yes. It's not clear whether subscripts start at 0 or 1 or whether pi'a or sa'i has the smaller subscript. So it could be:

  • pi'a=pi'axino, sa'i=pi'axipa
  • sa'i=pi'axino, pi'a=pi'axipa
  • pi'a=pi'axipa, sa'i=pi'axire
  • sa'i=pi'axipa, pi'a=pi'axire.

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lagleki commented Mar 19, 2021 via email

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lagleki commented Apr 17, 2021

@phma what do you think of this fix?

Matrices of more than two dimensions can be built up using either
      <valsi>pi'a</valsi>
      or
      <valsi>sa'i</valsi>
      with an appropriate subscript labeling the dimension. When subscripted, there is no difference between
      <valsi>pi'a</valsi>
      and
      <valsi>sa'i</valsi>. Labels can be any anything that <valsi>xi</valsi> supports, e.g. <valsi>pa</valsi> or <valsi>mlatu bu</valsi>.

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phma commented Apr 17, 2021

Still doesn't answer the question. Is {pi'a} equivalent to {pi'axino}, {pi'axipa}, or {pi'axire}? Likewise for {sa'i}?

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lagleki commented Apr 18, 2021

I dont think they are necessarily equivalent. Dimensions can be arbitrary labels.

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