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

Fri Aug 5 14:20:46 UTC 2011

I'm 58, and I don't remember 456 being a repeating decimal so perhaps your
antiquity is more antiquated than my antiquity.  456 is, however, the
punctuation indicator.

SM

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at visi.com>wrote:

> 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-----
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> >> >> On
> >> >> Behalf Of Iqbal Hosen
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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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