When changing units and in dimensional analysis it is usual to employ the relation, . Neither the “physical quantity” nor the “unit” is supposed to be a real number and yet the formalism is normally effective. This fact is given a rational explanation and the ideas involved are used to discuss certain questions connected with the rationalization of the electromagnetic equations.
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Dimensional analysis
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1953
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