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

Fri Aug 5 14:14:46 UTC 2011

Wasn't there a repeating decimal sign of 4-5-6 at one point?  I gather that must be gone now and that I am showing my antiquity.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:47:20 -0400, Susan Mooney wrote:

>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'" <
>> > blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> > 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
>> >> [mailto:blindmath-bounces@**nfbnet.org<blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org>]
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
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>> >> On
>> >> Behalf Of Iqbal Hosen
>> >> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 8:34 PM
>> >> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
>> >> 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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