[Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurringdecimal point in nemeth code?

Fri Aug 5 13:47:20 UTC 2011

Well, there ya go!  Sorry for the miscommunication and I hope I explained it
well enough.

SM

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Patti Mitchell <patti at 4dewitt.com> wrote:

> Yes. Sorry I was in a hurry and should have been more specific. It is a
> visual bar over the numbers that indicate the repeating decimal.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Mooney [mailto:susanannemooney at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 6:54 AM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurringdecimal
> point in nemeth code?
>
> Oh!  Now I get it!!!!  In print they put a bar over the portion of the
> digits which are repeating!
>
> Here's an example.  Print is 1.37 with the bar over 37.  In braille you
> would write it this way with no spaces:
>
> 3456 46 5 then you would write the 37 and close it with 126 156 12456
>
> Again, there would be no spaces.  the dot 5 tells you that a "modified
> expression" is coming up and the 126 tells you there is a bar over the 37.
> the 156 12456 tells you that is the end of the modified expression.  Some
> people refer to it as "closing the expression."  (To remind myself about
> doing that, I always say, "Now close it" in my head.)
>
> That is the long way of writing it.  You may also see a contracted form of
> a
> modified expression.  For example, suppose you had .46 in print with the
> bar
> over the 6.  You could write it as this is braille (again, no spaces):
>  3456
> 46 256 235 156
>
> To sum it up:  the dot 5 tells you that something's changing, something's
> coming up.  You put that *before* whatever it is that you are
> changing/modifying.  The 126 tells you that it's a bar over the number(s)
> and then the 12456 terminates or ends the modification or change.
>
> I hope that helps!
>
> Susan M.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Iqbal Hosen <iqbalrtbd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > hi, patti,
> > i asked for braille dots for recurring decimal point not a math
> > example. i know that decimal point in nemeth is dot 4, 6. but i asked
> > for recurring decimal point. sighted people say there is separate sign
> > in print. so i am confused about decimal point and recurring decimal
> > point.
> > hi, i am confused about another sign and that is difference between sign.
> > sighted people say that it looks like minus sign. i would be very
> > happy if you could please help me in this regard.
> > best wishes and regards.
> > iqbal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Mitchell" <
> > patti at 4dewitt.com>
> > To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'" <
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> > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for
> > recurringdecimal point in nemeth code?
> >
> >
> >
> >> A repeating decimal example below
> >> 3.142857   #3]<142857:           (a repeating decimal)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
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> >> On
> >> Behalf Of Jose Tamayo
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 5:55 PM
> >> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
> >> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurring
> >> decimal point in nemeth code?
> >>
> >> I will look it up
> >>
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> >> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
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> >> Behalf Of Iqbal Hosen
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 8:34 PM
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> >> Subject: [Blindmath] what's the braille notation for recurring
> >> decimal point in nemeth code?
> >>
> >> hi,
> >> is there anyone using nemeth braille code in this group? i would be
> >> very happy if anyone could please tell  me the braille notation for
> >> recurring decimal point in neneth code.
> >> regards.
> >> iqbal.
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