Re: Units of IBD

"Anon." <bob.ohara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> r norman wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:02:12 -0400 (EDT), "Perplexed in Peoria"
>> <jimmenegay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>><name_and_address_supplied@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>Out of interest, Jim, what do you suppose are the units of pi?
>>>
>>>Circumferential inches over radial inches, of course. (In English
>>>units). Though I am not sure how this plays out when you take the
>>>square root of pi in a Gaussian density function.
>>>
>>>Oh. You were asking the other Jim.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Since pi is dimensionless, there is no problem taking its square
>> root, which is, of course, also dimensionless. (John Edser
>> notwithstanding)
>>
> Round here they measure pie in kg, so as e is unitless, pi must also
> be in kg.

I'm afraid you must be mistaken. We know that pigs are measured in kg,
but the units of g are m/s^2, so the units of gs must be m/s, so the
units of pi must be kg-s/m

Yours,

Bill Morse

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