Re: Scalar waves

Am Dienstag000030, 30.04.2024 um 07:55 schrieb Thomas Heger:

Am Montag000029, 29.04.2024 um 15:28 schrieb Ross Finlayson:
 

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It's rather as there's a physical constant.
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It's 1.0. In natural units, it's infinity.
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Or, there's a physical constant.
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It's infinity. In natural units, it's 1.0.

  I don't like this 'c=1 thing', because 1 is a natural number, while speed/velocity have physical dimensions with v = dx/dt.
 Because time and distance are not measured with the same units, c had to have units.
 Now 1 has no units whatsoever (because it is just a number) you cannot say, that c is one.
 Actually meant were:
 lightyears and years.
 And c = 1 lightyear/year
 This is (trivially) true, but has units.
 TH
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The reason to require a unit for c:
EVERY physical quantity is composed from a numerical value and a unit!
In case you would like to use something called 'natural unit(-s)' as unit, this would be perfectly ok, but only if - say - 'nu' is properly defined.
If you like to define 'nu' you would end up in a dilemma, because c is assumed to be 1 one these natural units.
That would be a definititon, which is based on itself (what is not allowed).
Such a 'circular' definition is something, which is referring to itself.
Such definitions violate important principles of logic.
TH