Re: problem with physical constants (bug?)
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- Subject: [mg59250] Re: [mg59218] problem with physical constants (bug?)
- From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 01:19:53 -0400 (EDT)
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Clairification: I know that VacuumPermittivity is equal to 1/(SpeedOfLight^2*VacuumPermeability) in machine precision. I am saying that VacuumPermittivity should be defined as an exact number. Please verify this. Thank you, On 8/2/05, Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear MathGroup, > The electric constant is 1/(c^2*magnetic constant). The speed of light > is exact. The magnetic constant is exact. Thus, the electric constant > is exact. In Miscellaneous`PhysicalConstants`, VacuumPermittivity is > not exact. It should be exactly equal to > 1/(SpeedOfLight^2*VacuumPermeability). > > Please verify this report. > > If it is a bug, I will report it to support at wolfram.com. > > $Version > > 5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005) > > Regards, > -- > Chris Chiasson > http://chrischiasson.com/ > 1 (810) 265-3161 > > -- Chris Chiasson http://chrischiasson.com/ 1 (810) 265-3161
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- problem with physical constants (bug?)