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Re: [Phys-l] singular limits (was: no units)



Hey!

I didn't write that, X did.

I wrote:

"Am I all wet, or is this a very bad practice?"

bc likes the extension of my mother's riddle, "What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?"

p.s. will forward JD's reply to that list.

On 2009, Nov 06, , at 10:15, John Denker wrote:

On 11/06/2009 09:26 AM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

I'm in the middle of jury duty, but I would recommend dropping the
term "newtons." Zero In this case does not require units: 0 N = 0 lb =
0 dynes.


0 newtons is also equal to 0 furlongs.

This applies to vector character as well as to
dimensions and units:

0 newtons in the Xhat direction
= 0 newtons in the Yhat direction
= 0 cubits in the Zhat direction

HOWEVER ... this is an example of a singular limit.

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