Treating units as positive constants?
- To: mathgroup <mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu>
- Subject: Treating units as positive constants?
- From: dan at chem.bu.edu (Dan Dill)
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 14:10:10 EST
I am doing some example calculations involving kinetic molecular theory for a freshman class. I want to carry units throughout, but I am stumped on how to have Mathematica simplify Sqrt[meter^2] to meter, etc. Is there a way to do this without appearing overly complicated to the students (for example without having to introduce FullForm, Power, /., and such like)? Thanks Dan Dill dan at chem.bu,edu Boston University/Chemistry