Gevey mathematics and geometry

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Gevey speakers, unlike most other peoples, count in base 10. Information on forming and managing numbers can be found on the numbers in Gevey webpage. This webpage offers a very brief introduction to the Gevey mathematical and geometrical lexicon.

Gevey has very few naturally occuring mathematical or geometrical words, which means much of the technical lexicon has been adapted from the common language, or developed by philosophical mathematicians - which probably accounts for the long-windedness of many of the terms and phrases used. For many of these, shorter versions are available for general non-technical use.

Numbers in Gevey are grammatical modifiers, and thus need an object to act on. If the object is not known, then by convention the pronoun 'ko' is used: ko zerue, ko ónue, kom drjasue, kom besue, kom vilue, koc finue, etc. Whenever possible, mathematical phrases are cast in the nominative case.

In Gevey, mathematics is known as 'sieftumu' (the land of numbers), while geometry is known as 'rovaoptumu' (the land of shapes).

Mathematical operations

When adding or subtracting one (or more) numbers from another, the object only needs to be mentioned at the start of the phrase, and for the result.

The verb 'sekan' (become) will change according to the number of the first object.

Before moving on to multiplication and division, the student needs to understand the Gevey speaker's way of considering factors, divisors and products.

In the sum 5 x 9 = 45, the product 45 is considered to be the child (basatu) of the two parent (nonju) factors that joined together to create it. Similarly, in the sum 45 / 9 = 5 one of the nonjum is compared to the basatu to find its spouse (voenu).

In both cases, the verb 'bekan' (remain) is used.

For the simplified versions of these phrases:

Finally, the square of a number is known as the first child (basatu ónixu), while the cube of a number is known as the second child (basatu drjasixu) and so on. Similarly, the square root of a number is known as the first parent (nonju ónixu), the cube root of a number is known as the second parent (nonju drjasixu), etc.

Geometrical shapes

Most shapes have been given names in accordance with their mathematical properties: number of sides, lengths of sides, etc. A few shapes have more common names. Key words for these descriptions are:

The geometrical descriptions are based on fairly literal observations of the shapes themselves. For two dimensional shapes, the following phrase is utilised:

From this, we get the following phrases. The simplified versions of these phrases, and more common names, are shown in brackets:

The key phrase for 3D objects is similar to that for 2D objects:

This generates the following phrases. Again, the simplified versions of these phrases are shown in brackets:

Constants and angles

The Gevey term for the relationship between a circle's diameter and its circumference - π - is sievyo Qnjeeden (Khnede's number)

Gevey mathematicians choose not to follow the convention of dividing a circle into 360 equal degrees. Instead, circles are divided into 'netju' (wedges) as follows:

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