Universal #531
Legacy number: 531
| Number | 529 |
| Original | No number is ever expressed in any numeral system by means of a function any of whose arguments is ≥ L. |
| Standardized | No number is ever expressed in any numeral system by means of a function any of whose arguments is ≥ L. |
| Keywords | numeral |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a |
| Source | Greenberg 1978a: 256 (#5) |
Discussion
Notes
For example, in a system which only goes up to 7 (e.g. L=8), 6 could not be expressed by (9-3), since 9 > L.
Comment
For example, in a system which only goes up to 7 (e.g. L=8), 6 could not be expressed by (9-3), since 9 > L.
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