Re: Scalar waves

Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:

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

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

You really need to work on your misunderstandings about units and
dimensions.
In particular, physical quantities do not -have- a dimension.
Conversely dimension is not a property of physical quantity.
You cannot measure a dimension.

Dimensions are human constructs that can be assigned arbitrarily,
limited only by the need to be consistent about it.

You cannot deduce anything from a clash of dimensions
beyond the undeniable fact that you have made a mistake.

Now 1 has no units whatsoever (because it is just a number) you cannot
say, that c is one.

Of course you can, and people (who know better than you)
do it all the time.

Jan